16031.  Adulteration of frozen poultry.    U. S. v. 1 Barrel of Frozen Poultry, 
Consent decree of condemnation and destruction entered,     (F. & D
No. 22937.    I. S. No. 02819.    S. No. 1010.)
On or about August 7, 1928, the United States attorney for the District of 
?Connecticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
?and condemnation of 1 barrel of frozen poultry, remaining in the original 
unbroken package at Hartford, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped 
?by Swift & Co., Rockford, Ill., on or about July 19, 1928, and transported from 
the State of Illinois into the State of Connecticut, and charging adulteration in 
"violation of the food and drags act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
?sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance, in that it 
?consisted in part of a portion of an animal unfit for food, and in that it was 
the product of a diseased animal.
On September 25, 1928, the owner of the product having consented to the 
entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by 
.the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.