25903. Adulteration of dressed poultry.    II. S. v. One Barrel of Chickens.    De¬
fault  decree   of  condemnation   and  destruction.     (F.   & D.   no.   36753. 
Sample no. 43826-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of dressed chickens examination of 
which showed the presence of diseased chickens.
On December 9, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of one barrel containing 
56 dressed chickens at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about November 23, 1935, by F. M. Priest & Sons, 
from St. James, Minn., and that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled: "Unclassified Poultry to be Government 
Inspected."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was the product of 
diseased animals.
On March 16, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the article be destroyed.
W. R. GKEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.