18090. Adulteration of dressed poultry.   U. S. v. 265 Pounds   *   *   *.   (F. D. C.
No. 31663.    Sample No. 24374-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :    September 7, 1951, Southern District of New York. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about August 16, 1951, by the Maplewood Packing 
Co., from Belfast, Maine.
PRODUCT:   265 pounds of dressed poultry in 4 crates at New York, N. Y. 
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (a)   (3), the article consisted
in whole or in part of a "filthy substance by reason of the presence of birds
contaminated with fecal matter; and, Section 402 (a) (5), the article was in
whole or in part the product of a diseased animal. 
DISPOSITION :   September 25,1951.  Default decree of condemnation.   The court
ordered that a portion of the product be delivered to the Federal Security
Agency and that the remainder be destroyed.