15431. Adulteration of   rabbits.     U.   S.   v.   67   Rabbits.    Default   decree   of
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 25478.    I. S. 
No. 8906.    S. No. 3769.)
Samples of rabbits from the shipment herein described having shown evi- 
dences of decomposition and certain diseased conditions, the Secretary of Agri- 
culture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Western Dis- 
trict of New York.
On December 11, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 67 rabbits at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by T. S. Wilson, from Spickard, Mo., on or about December 4, 1930, 
and had been transported from the State of Missouri into the State of New 
York, 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 decomposed animal substance.
On January 21, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.