18262. Adulteration of rabbits.     TJ.  S. v. 1 Barrel of Rabbits.    Default  de 
cree  of  condemnation,   forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.   & D.  No.
25878.    I. S. No. 25375.    S. No. 4131.)
Samples of rabbits from the shipment herein described having been found 
to be partially decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
On February 10, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 1 barrel of rabbits at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Gifford Farm Club, from South Gifford, Mo., January 
29, 1931, and had been 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 con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On April 14, 1931, 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.
ABTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.