17791. Adulteration of dressed poultry.  U. S. v. 215 Pounds    *    *    *.    (F. D. C.
No. 31188.   Sample No. 24337-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    June 14,1951, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about May 31, 1951, by the Penobscot Poultry Co., 
from Belfast, Maine.
PRODUCT:   215 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 filthy substance by reason of the presence of birds 
which were contaminated with fecal matter; and, Section 402 (a) (5), the 
article was in whole or in part the product of a diseased animal.
DISPOSITION : July 10, 1951. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that samples of the product be delivered to the Food and Drug 
Administration and that the remainder be destroyed.