25752. Adulteration of  dressed poultry.     U.  S. v.  12 Boxes,  et al.,  of Dressed
Poultry.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.
(F. & D. no. 36886.    Sample nos. 48149-B, 48150-B, 48201-B.)
Decomposed poultry was present in this shipment which was a product of 
diseased animals.
On December 23, 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 12 boxes and 5 barrels 
of dressed poultry at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce, on or about December 13, 1935, by the Independence 
Produce Co., from Independence, Iowa, to Chicago, Ill., and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Card tacked on barrel or box) "'Unclassified' Dressed Poultry. The poultry 
in this package must be inspected by an accredited inspector before being 
offered for sale, and only that part of it which is approved by such inspector 
shall be permitted to move into consumptive channels. * * * From Inde- 
pendence Produce Co., Independence, Iowa. * * * 29 SY 80 28 HY 75 
Member Institute of American Poultry Industries 255—16 23S."
Adulteration of the article was charged (a) under the allegation that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance; (b) under 
the allegation that it was the product of diseased animals.
On February 28, 1936, no claimant having appeared, a default decree of 
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction was entered.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.