3590. Adulteration of turkeys.    U. S. v. 18 Boxes and 68 Boxes of Turkeys and
234 Turkeys. Consent decrees of condemnation. Product ordered re- 
leased under bond to be wasbed. (IT. D. C. Nos. 7066, 7124. Sample Nos. 
80390-E, 80391-E, 80505-E.)
Examination showed the presence of manure on the feet and flesh of these birds.
On March 23 and 31,1942, the United States attorneys for the Southern District 
of Indiana and the Southern District of Ohio filed libels against 86 boxes each 
containing 6 turkeys at Indianapolis, Ind., and 234 turkeys at Cincinnati, Ohio, 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
November 9 and 10,1941, by Herndon Produce Co., from Dallas, Tex.; and charg- 
ing that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy 
substance, and in that it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby 
it might have become contaminated with filth. The article was labeled in part: 
"Sunland Young Tom Cor "Hen"] Turkeys."       ,
On April 27 and 28, 1942, Herndon Produce Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libels, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond to be washed under the supervision of the Food 
and Drug Administration so as to remove all excreta and other filth.