13824. Adulteration  and  misbranding:  of  spring:  water.     IT.  S.   v.   16  Cases'
of   Spring;   Water.     Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 20370.     I. S. No. 5311-x.    S. No. E-5468.)
On August 21, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and con- 
demnation of 16 cases of spring water, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Seas- 
wright Mineral Springs (Inc.), from Staunton, Va., May 19, 1925, and trans- 
ported from the State of Virginia into the State of Massachusetts, and charg- 
ing adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as 
amended. The article was labeled in part: "This Is A Natural Spring Water 
* * * Seawright Fountain of Health This Package Contains One-Half 
Gallon    *    *    *    Seawright Mineral Springs Inc., Staunton, Virginia."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement "This Package 
Contains One-Half Gallon," borne on the labels, was false and misleading, and 
for the further reason that the article was food in package form and the 
quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the 
outside of the package.
On October 22, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the- 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States, marshal.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture..