17493. Adulteration of   dressed   poultry.     U.   S.   v.   2   Barrels   of   Dressed
Poultry.     Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 24747.    I. S. No. 027401.    S. No. 3107.)
The dressed poultry from the herein-described interstate shipment having 
been found to contain emaciated, tubercular, and otherwise diseased birds, 
the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the United States attorney 
for the District of Massachusetts.
On May 3, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the 
United States aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 2 barrels 
of dressed poultry at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Fremont Beverage Co., Fremont, Nebr., on or about April 19, 1930, and 
transported from the State of Nebraska into the State of Massachusetts, 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 whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance; 
in that it consisted in whole or in part of a portion of an animal unfit for 
food; and in that it was the product of a diseased animal.
On May 19, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
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.