17094. Adulteration of dressed poultry. U. S. v. 425 Pounds * * *. (F. D. C. No. 30301. Sample No. 73153-K.) LIBEL FILED : November 28,1950, Southern District of New York. ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about November 8, 1950, by Furman & Co., Inc., Canton, Mass. PRODUCT: 425 pounds of dressed poultry at New York, N. Y. NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of birds 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 : February 13, 1951. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- tion. On February 23,1951, the decree was amended to provide that a number of birds be delivered to the Food and Drug Administration, and that with respect to the remainder, the fit portion be segregated and delivered to chari- table institutions and the unfit portion be destroyed.