1345. Adulteration of poultry.     IT. S. v. 1 Barrel of Poultry.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 3163.    Sample No. 34461-E.)
Examination showed the presence of decomposed and diseased birds in this 
shipment.
On October 8, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York filed a libel against one barrel of poultry at New York, N. Y., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 
28,1940, by the Prairie Produce Co., Inc., from Elkader, Iowa; and charging that 
it was adulterated in that.It consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed 
substance and Was otherwise unfit for food.
On November 25,1940, no claimant haying appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. 
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