20236. Adulteration of dressed poultry. U. S. v. 225 Pounds * * *.   (F. D. C. No.
34881.   Sample No. 49558-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 11,1953, Southern District of New York. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about February 23,1953, by the Fort Halifax Pack- 
ing Co., from Winslow, Maine. 
PRODUCT:   225 pounds of dressed poultry in 4 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 
which were contaminated with fecal matter; and, Section 402 (a) (5), it was 
in part the product of a diseased animal.
DISPOSITION: April 28, 1953. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that a portion of the product be delivered to the Food and Drug 
Administration and that the remainder be destroyed.
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