16848. Adulteration of   dressed   poultry.     XL   S.   v.   217   pounds   *   *   *.
(F. D. C. No. 29799.   Sample No. 7313$-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   October 11,1950, Southern District of New York. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about September 20, 1950, by the N. J. Dressed 
Poultry Co., from Norma, N. J.
PRODUCT: 217 pounds of dressed poultry in 3 second-hand orange crates at New 
York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of birds which 
were contaminated with fecal matter, and of a decomposed substance by
-• reason of the presence of decomposed birds; and, Section 402 (a) (5), the 
article was in whole or in part the product of a diseased animal, or of an
:- animal which had died Otherwise than by slaughter. 
DISPOSITION: October 26, 1950. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to the Food and Drug Administration.