17793. Adulteration of dressed poultry.  U. S. v. 121 Pounds   *    *    *.    (F. D. C.
No. 31161.   Sample No. 24334-L.)
LIBEL FILED:    May 29, 1951, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about May 15, 1951, by the Orleans Poultry Co.,
from Owensboro, Ky. 
PRODUCT:   121 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
therein of decomposed birds; and, Section 402 (a)   (5), the article was in
whole or in part the product of a diseased animal.
ordered that samples of the product be delivered to the Food and Drug Ad- 
ministration and that the remainder be destroyed.