17188. Adulteration of dressed rabbits.   U. S. v. 1 Barrel   *    *   *   (and 1 other
seizure action).    (F. D. C. Nos. 30420, 30422.    Sample Nos. 24296-L, 
24297-L.)
LIBELS FILED:   February 8, 1951, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about January 16, 1951, by C. Hansen & Co., from 
Preston, Kans.
PRODUCT: Dressed rabbits. 1 barrel containing a total of 136 pounds and 1 bar- 
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rel containing a total of 146 pounds 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 fecal 
matter, dirt, and rabbit hairs; and, Section 402(a)(5) the rabbits in one 
of the barrels consisted in whole or in part of the product of diseased ani- 
mals by reason of the presence of diseased rabbits.
DISPOSITION: March 2, 1951. Default decrees of condemnation. The court 
ordered that samples of the product be delivered to the Federal Security 
Agency and that the remainder of the product be destroyed.