19895. Adulteration of dressed poultry.   U. S. v. 4 Crates * * *.    (F. D. O.
No. 33880.    Sample No. 49523-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 22,1952, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about September 11, 1952, by Diamond State Poul- 
try Co., Inc., from Lewes, Del.
PRODUCT: 4 crates, each containing approximately 75 pounds, of dressed poul- 
try at New York, N. Y.
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, and of a decomposed substance 
by reason of decomposed birds, and the product was otherwise unfit for food by 
reason of the presence of excessively bruised birds; and, Section 402 (a) (5), 
it was in whole or in part the product of a diseased animal.
DISPOSITION: October 30, 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.