True Blue --now "CHICKEN"

Tue Nov 14 02:18:33 UTC 2006

>Q: Is a barnyard goose a "fowl" in the U.S. (No puns, smart guy!)  If
not, why not?
>  Who makes these rules?

I can quote an expert in a legal case to the effect that "Chicken is
everything except a goose, a duck, and a turkey." Frigaliment Importing
Company v. B.N.S. International Sales Corporation, 190 F.Supp. 16 (S.D.
N.Y. 1960). Where does that leave us?

Bethany

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