18617. Adulteration of dressed poultry.    V. S. v. 4 Barrels of Poultry.    De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 26354.    I. S. No. 30451.    S. No. 4687.)
Samples of dressed poultry from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be decomposed and diseased, the Secretary of Agriculture reported 
the matter to the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York.
On May 13, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condem- 
nation of 4 barrels of dressed poultry, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Henderson Produce Co., Laclede, Mo., on or about May 4, 1931, 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 consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance; in 
that it consisted in whole or in part of portions of animals unfit for food; and 
in that it was the product of diseased animals.
On June 8, 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.
AETHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.