18797. Adulteration of poultry.   U. S. v. 5 Crates   *   *   *.    (F. D. C. No. 31338.
Sample No. 24349-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   July 9,1951, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about June 30, 1951, by the Farmhouse Poultry Co.,' 
from Robbins, N. C.
PRODUCT: 5 crates each containing approximately 76 pounds of poultry at New 
York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE/: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (2), the article contained 
an added poisonous or deleterious substance which is unsafe within the mean- 
ing of Section 406 of the Act. (Examination showed the presence of added 
diethylstilbestrol in edible portions of the birds.)
DISPOSITION : August 22, 1951. The Farmhouse Poultry Co., 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, conditioned 
that the neck be removed from each of the birds and that each bird be evis- 
cerated. The necks, neck skins, and viscera were delivered to a rendering 
plant.