16096. Adulteration of dressed iioultry. U. S. v. 1 Barrel of Dressed Poul- 
try.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, aud destruction.
(P. & D. No. 23177.    I. S. No. 03061.    S. No. 1282.)
On November 7, 1928, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said d.strict a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 1 barrel of dressed poultry, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Hurst & Majors, from Manhattan, Kans., on or about October 17, 
1928, and transported from the State of Kansas into the State of New York, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed 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 November 24, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.