19896. Adulteration of dressed poultry.   U. S. v. 50 Pounds * * *.    (F. D. O.
No. 33872.    Sample No. 49520-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   On or about September 24, 1952, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about September 4, 1952, by the Hillerest Poultry 
Co., from Camden, Maine.
PRODUCT:   50 pounds of dressed poultry at New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of birds 
which were contaminated with fecal matter; and, Section 402 (a) (5), it 
was in whole or in part the product of a diseased animal.
DISPOSITION: October 29, 1952. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that samples of the product be delivered to the Food and Drug Ad- 
ministration and that the remainder be destroyed.