17095. Adulteration of dressed poultry.   U. S. v. 200 Pounds    *    *    *.    (F. D. C.
No. 30300.   Sample No. 73154-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :    November 28, 1950, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 6, 1950, by the Lipman Poultry Co., 
Bangor, Maine.
PRODUCT r   200 pounds of dressed poultry at New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part 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 other- 
wise 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.