16991. Adulteration of   dressed   poultry.   U.   S.   v.   1,235   Pounds    *   *   *.
(F. D. C. No. 30258.    Sample No. 73151-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 16, 1950, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 2, 1950, by the Lipman Poultry Co., 
from Bangor, Maine.
PRODUCT:   1,235 pounds of dressed poultry, in 17 crates, at New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of birds con- 
taminated with fecal matter and dirt; and, Section 402 (a) (5), the article 
was in whole or in part the product of a diseased animal, or of an animal 
which had died otherwise than by slaughter.
DISPOSITION: December 4, 1950. Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.