16962. Adulteration of cull poultry.    IJ. S. v. 1 Barrel of Cull Poultry.    De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 24356.    I. S. No. 028687.    S. No. 2614.)
On December 16, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 1 barrel of cull poultry, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Vilas & Co., from Storm Lake, Iowa, on or about November 15, 
1929, and transported from the State of Iowa into the State of New York, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a portion of an animal unfit for food, and in that it was the 
product of a diseased animal.
On January 7, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.