16882. Adulteration of frozen poultry. U. S. v. 1 Barrel of Frozen Dressed 
Poultry. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 24237.    I. S. No. 024397.     S. No. 2489.)
On November 9, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 frozen poultry, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the R. L. Ditzler Co., 
Huntington, Ind., alleging that the article had been, shipped from Huntington, 
Ind., on or about November 2, 1929, and transported from the State of Indiana 
into the State of Pennsjdvania, and charging adulte ation in violation of the 
food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was a 
product containing decomposed and tubercular birds, and consisted in part of a 
decomposed animal substance, and in that it was the product of diseased 
animals.
On November 30, 1929, 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