16339. Adulteration of   dressed   chickens.     TJ.   S.   v.   1   Barrel   of  Dressed
Chickens.     Default   decree   of  condemnation,   forfeiture,  and   de- 
struction.    (F. & D. No. 23049.    I. S. No. 01944.    S. No. 1139.)
On September 5, 1928, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, 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 dressed chickens at Chicago, Ill., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by G. A. Cohenour, from Clinton, Mo., July 27, 
1928, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois, 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 consisted 
in part of a decomposed and filthy animal substance and in that it consisted 
in part of a portion of an animal unfit for food.
On March 19, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture wasi entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.