17837. Adulteration of dressed poultry.   U. S. v. 233 Crates   *    *   *.    (F. D. C.
No. 31334.    Sample No. 24347-L.) 
LIBEL FILED:   July 9,1951, Southern District of New York. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about June 30, 1951, by Rockland Poultry Co., Inc.,
from Rockland, Maine. 
PRODUCT:   233 crates, each containing approximately 80 pounds,  of dressed
poultry at New1 York, N. Y.   Examination showed the presence of pellets
of added diethylstilbestrol in the edible portions of the birds. 
LABEL IN PART :    "Rockland Poultry Co.   Inc.   Rockland, Maine." 
NATURE OF CHARGE :   Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (2), the product contained an
added poisonous.or deleterious substance which is unsafe within the meaning
of Section 406 of the law. 
DISPOSITION:   July 19, 1951.   The Kastein-Hay Dressed Poultry Corp., New
York, "N. Y., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment"
of condemnation was entered and the court .ordered that the product be-
released under bond to be brought into compliance with the law by trimming;
a.nd removing the heads and necks of the poultry down to the shoulders and.
removing all of the viscera, under the supervision of the Food and Drug-.
Administration.