29942. Adulteration of chickens.    IT. S. v. 5 Barrels of Poultry.    Default decree
of   condemnation  and  destruction.     (F.   & D.  No.   44372.      Sample  No. 
44108-D.)
Examination showed evidence of the presence of diseased conditions in this 
poultry.
? On November 19, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of five barrels of poul- 
try at New York, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about October 81, 1938, by Tracy Produce Co. from Tracy, 
Minn.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was the product of a 
diseased animal.
On December 16, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.