16118. Adulteration of frozen poultry and frozen chiclcens. V. S. v. 167 
Barrels of Frozen Poultry, et al. Consent decrees of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture.     Product released  under  bond.      (F   & D   Nos
22735. 22756, 22766.    I.  S. Nos. 24469-x, 24476-x, 24477-x, 24481-x     S   Nos 
778, 792, 797.) < 
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On May 1, May 4, and May 9, 1928, respectively, the United States attorney 
for the District of New Jersey, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels pray- 
ing seizure and condemnation of 256 barrels and 31 boxes of frozen poultry, and 
22 boxes of frozen chickens, remaining unsold at Jersey City, N. J., consigned by 
Cromer & Cossitt (Inc.), Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped 
from Chicago, Ill., in part on or about December 1, 1927, and in part on or 
about January 14, 1928, and transported from the State of Illinois into the 
State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act.
It was alleged in the libels 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.   Adulteration was alleged with respect to a
portion of the; frozen poultry for' the further reason that it was the product of 
an animal that had died otherwise than by slaughter.
On October 24,1928, and November 15, 1928, respectively, the Silz Packing Co. 
(Inc.), New York, N. Y., claimant, having admitted the material allegations of 
the libels, modified to the extent, however, that some portion of the product 
might be fit for human consumption, and said claimant having consented to the 
entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the claimant upon 
payment of costs and the execution of bonds totaling $7,050, or the deposit of col- 
lateral in like amount, conditioned in part that the portion unfit for human con- 
sumption be separated from the lots and destroyed or denatured.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.