1800. Adulteration of poultry.     IT. S. v. 8 Boxes of Poultry (and 1 other seizure
action agralnst poultry). Default decrees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion. (F. D. C. Nos. 3543, 4003. Sample Nos. 84479-E, 56100-E, 56181-E to 
56188-E, incl.)
On December 19, 1940, and March 19, 1941, the United States attorneys for the 
Southern and the Northern Districts of New York filed libels against 8 boxes of 
poultry at New York, N. Y., and 10 boxes of poultry at Syracuse, N. Y., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by the Nevada Poultry 
Co. from Nevada, Iowa, on or about November 29, 1940, and from Story City, 
Iowa, on or about November 23, 1940; and charging that it was adulterated in 
that it was in whole or in part the product of diseased animals. The article was 
labeled in part: "Choice Brand Poultry Frying Chickens [or "Boasting Chickens" 
or "Fowl"] Wilson and Company Distributors   *    *    *    Chicago, Ill."
On January 7 and May 22, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation and destruction were entered.