1793. Adulteration of dressed chickens.    U. S. v. 1 Barrel of Dressed Chickens
(and 3 other seizures of dressed chickens). Default decrees of con- 
demnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 4414 to 4417, incl. Sample Nos. 
31278-E to 31281-E, incl.)
On April 1, 1941, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois filed libels against 1 barrel and 4 boxes of dressed chickens at Chicago, 
111., alleging that the article had been shipped by Armour & Co. from Kansas. 
City, Kans., on January 25, 1941, and by Armour Creameries from Creston, Iowa, 
on February 3 and 6 and March 10,1941; and charging that it was adulterated in 
that it was in whole or in part the product of diseased animals.
On May 13, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.