19748. Adulteration of dressed poultry.    IT. S. v. 1 Barrel of Poultry.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. &
D. No. 27777.    I. S. No. 53008.    S. No. 5875.)
Samples of dressed poultry from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be diseased and partially decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture re- 
ported the matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois.
On February 26, 1932, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of one barrel of poultry, containing 37 birds, at Chicago, Ill., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped on or about February 16, 1932, by F. M. 
Priest & Sons, St. James, Minn., that it was consigned by Butterfield Creamery 
& Produce Co., Butterfield, Minn., that it had been transported from the State 
of Minnesota into the State of Illinois, and that it was adulterated 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 decomposed, filthy, and putrid animal substance and in that 
it consisted of portions of an animal unfit for food.
On April 22, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered by the court, ordering that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HENBY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.