4880. Adulteration of poultry.    U. S. v. 287 Boxes and 513 Boxes of Poultry.
Consent decrees of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond 
for segregating and denaturing the unfit portion. (F. D. C. Nos. 9510, 
9573.    Sample Nos. 22022-F, 22024-F to 22026-F, incl.)
On March 8 and 16, 1943, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania filed libels against a total of 800 boxes of poultry, each box 
containing 12 birds, at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce within the period from on or about September 12, 1942, 
to February 9, 1943, by the F- M. Stamper Co. from St. Louis and Moberly, Mo.; 
and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed substance, and that it was in whole or in part the product of diseased 
animals.
On April 14,1943, the F. M. Stamper Co., claimant^ having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libels and having consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered released under bond 
for segregation of the fit portion from the unfit portion and denaturing of the 
unfit portion for non-food use, under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration.