4462. Adulteration of poultry.    V. S. v.  34 Barrels of poultry.    Default decree
of condemnation. Product ordered sold on condition that it be disposed 
of in compUance with tbe law. (F. D.'C. No. 8416. Sample Nos. 94078-B, 
5741-E.)
On September 23, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri filed a libel against 34 barrels of poultry at St. Louis, Mo., alleging 
that the article had been transported in interstate commerce from the Seymour 
Packing Co., Topeka, Kans., on or about April 22, 1942; and charging that it 
was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed sub- 
stance and in that it was wholly or in part the product of diseased animals or 
of animals which had died otherwise than by slaughter. The article was labeled 
in part: "Packed by Seymour Packing Co.   Topeka Kansas."
On November 5, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the marshal was ordered to sell the product to the highest 
bidder after having taken precautions to insure that it would not be disposed of 
in violation of the law.   It was disposed of for fertilizer.