12990. Adulteration of dressed turkeys.    U. S. v. 200 Barrels    *    *    *.    (F. D. C.
No. 21398.    Sample No. 67116-H.)
LIBEL FILED:    On or about November 8, 1946, District of Kansas.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about August 12, 1946, by the Holbrook Turkey 
Growers Coop. Association, from Cheraw, Colo.
PRODUCT: 200 barrels, weighing 32,600 pounds gross, of dressed turkeys at 
Topeka, Kans.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (5), the article was in whole 
or in part the product of a diseased animal.
DISPOSITION : November 18, 1947. Pursuant to stipulation by the parties, the 
court entered an order providing that 39 head of the torn turkeys in barrels 
marked "B" Grade were to be totally destroyed; that 664 hen turkeys in bar- 
rels marked class "B" were to be processed and canned under the supervision 
of a veterinary of the United States Department of Agriculture, to eliminate 
all diseased and unfit birds; and that the remaining turkeys, about 1,900 
head, were to be released to the claimant unconditionally.
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