19292. Adulteration of dressed turkeys.   U. S. v. 362 Pounds, etc.   (F. D. C. No.
33254.   Sample Nos. 49491-L, 49492-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    May 16,1952, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about April 20, 23, and 24, 1952, by the Cavalier 
Poultry Corp., from Harrisonburg, Va.
PRODUCT:   943 pounds of dressed turkeys at New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part (both lots) of a filthy substance by reason of the presence 
of birds which were contaminated with fecal matter; and (1 lot) of a decom- 
posed substance by reason of the presence of decomposed birds, and it was 
otherwise unfit for food by reason of the presence of extensively bruised 
birds. Further adulteration, Section 402 (a) (5), the product was in whole or 
in part (1 lot) the product of a diseased animal.
DISPOSITION: June 11, 1952. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that samples of the product be delivered to the Food and Drug Ad- 
ministration and that the remainder be destroyed.