19546. Adulteration of dressed poultry.   U. S. v. 2 Crates * * *.    (F. D. C. No.
34386.   Sample No. 57362-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   November 28, 1952, District of Maryland.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about November 17, 1952, by Harry Friedman, 
from Wilmington, Del.
PRODUCT: > 2 crates containing a total of 191 pounds of dressed poultry at Balti- 
more, Md.
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 
which were contaminated with fecal matter.
DISPOSITION : December 2, 1952. The United States attorney having filed a 
petition for. immediate destruction of the product and the court having found 
that the product was a menace to public health and a nuisance and could not be 
preserved during the time customarily allowed for interested persons to inter- 
vene, judgment of condemnation was entered. The court ordered that the 
product be destroyed, with the exception of 10 birds which were to be released 
to the Food and Drug Administration for laboratory purposes.
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