8173* Adulteration of poultry.    U.S. v. 16 Barrels of Poultry.    Default decree 
of condemnation.and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 6963.   Sample No. 60344-E.)
On March 2, 3.942, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New 
York filed a libel against 16 barrels.of poultry at New York, N. Y., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 23, 
1942, by the Agar Poultry Corporation from Berlin, Md.; and charging that it 
was adulterated in that it was in whole or in part the product of diseased 
animals. A portion of the article was labeled in part: (2 barrels) "Fancy 
Milk-Fed Poultry Del-Mar-Va Farms Brand."   The remainder was unlabeled.
On March 30, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordei ed destroyed. On April 3, 1942, the 
decree was amended to permit delivery of a portion of the product to the Food 
and Drug Administration for technical use.