17345. Adulteration of  dressed  turkeys.    U.   S.  v.   3,000   Pounds   *   *   *.
(F. D. C. No. 30330.    Sample No. 73155-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 11,1950, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 9, 1950, by C. A. Swanson & Sons, 
from Omaha, Nebr.
PRODUCT:    3,000 pounds of dressed turkeys, in 38 crates, at New York, N. Y.
LABEL IN PART: (Orate) "Golden Brest Brand Turkeys Packed By Central 
Cooperative Turkey Producers, Ellsworth, Iowa."
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of birds 
contaminated with excreta; 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 6, 1951. C. A. Swanson & Sons, claimant, having con- 
sented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the court ordered that the product be released under bond for salvaging by 
removing all portions of the birds that were contaminated with filth and by 
segregating and destroying all diseased and otherwise unfit birds, under the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. Of the 38 crates of birds 
which were seized, 26 crates were released as good.
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