17596. Adulteration of dressed poultry.   U. S. v. 3 Crates   *   *   *.    (F. D. O.
No. 30779.   Sample No. 4879-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 12,1951, District of Massachusetts.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 1,1951, by Joe Cohen, from Yarmouth, 
Maine.
PRODUCT: 3 crates, each containing 12 head, of New York dressed poultry at 
Boston, Mass.
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, Section 402 (a) (5), it was in whole 
or in part the product of a diseased animal or of an animal which had died 
otherwise than by slaughter.
DISPOSITION: April 23, 1951. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the portion that was fit for human consumption be segregated 
by the United States marshal, under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration, and delivered to a charitable institution, and that the unfit 
portion be destroyed. Approximately 36 birds were seized, and of these, 7 
were salvaged as fit and the remainder were destroyed.