24045. Dressed poultry.    (F. D. C. No. 40340.    S. No. 75-982 M.) 
QUANTITY :   473 lbs. in 7 crates at Worchester, Mass.
SHIPPED :   6-11-57, from Belfast, Maine, by Maplewood Packing Co.
LABEL IN PART: "Maine's Best * * * Hillcrest Poultry Co. * * * Chemically 
Treated   With   Diethylstilbestrol."
RESULTS OP INVESTIGATION: Examination showed the presence of pellets of 
added diethylstilbestrol in the edible portions of the birds.
LIBELED :   6-27-57, Dist. Mass.
CHARGE: 402 (a) (1)—when shipped, the article contained an added poisonous 
or deleterious substance, diethylstilbestrol, which may render the article in- 
jurious to health.
DISPOSITION : 7-22-57. Default—the necks of the poultry, which contained the 
diethylstilbestrol, were removed and destroyed and the remainder was deliv- 
ered to a charitable organization,
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