20297. Adulteration of dressed turkeys.   U. S. v. 225 Pounds * * *.    (F. D. C.
No. 34415.   Sample No. 49543-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    December 11,1952, District of New Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about November 18, 1952, by the Caroline Poultry 
Farms, from Federalsburg, Md.
PRODUCT:    225 pounds of dressed turkeys at Newark, N. J.
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 rea- 
son of the presence of decomposed birds; and, Section 402 (a) (5), it was in 
whole or in part the product of a diseased animal.
DISPOSITION : January 28, 1953. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion. On April 2,1953, an amended decree was entered providing for the deliv- 
ery of the product to the Food and Drug Administration, for experimental and 
enforcement purposes, and for the destruction of that portion which was not 
used for those purposes.