19998. Adulteration of dressed poultry.   U. S. v. 4,500 Pounds * * *.    (F. D. C.
No. 34108.   Sample No. 49534-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 7, 1952, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about October 21, 1952, by the New Hampshire 
Poultry Co., from Manchester, N. H.
PRODUCT:    4,500 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 of a decomposed substance by 
reason of the presence of decomposed birds; and, Section 402 (a) (5), the 
article was in whole or in part the product of a diseased animal, and of birds 
which had died otherwise than by slaughter.
DISPOSITION : January 20, 1953. The New Hampshire Poultry Co., claimant, 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond, con- 
ditioned that it be salvaged by evisceration in order to remove all portions 
which were contaminated with filth and those birds which were diseased or 
had died otherwise than by slaughter. 374 pounds of the product were found 
unfit and were destroyed.