25230. Adulteration of dressed chickens.     IT. S. v. 6 Barrels of Dressed Chick¬
ens.    Default decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D.  no.
35763.    Sample no. 33550-B.)
This case involved a shipment of dressed chickens, samples of which were 
found to be decomposed.
On July 15, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of six barrels of dressed 
chickens at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about July 7, 1935, by M. J. Goodrich, from Strawberry Point, 
Iowa, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
decomposed animal substance.
On October 4, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.