29753. Misbranding of Life (Miracle) Mineral Water. IT. S. v. 47 Boxes and 
49 Boxes of Life (Miracle) Mineral Water. Default, decrees of con- 
demnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 43191, 43*192. Sample No. 
34253-D.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent representations re- 
garding its curative and therapeutic effects.
On August 5, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
West Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 96 boxes of the 
above-named product at Clarksburg, W. Va.; alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 15, 1938, by George A. Man- 
ning, acting as agent for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Co. from Bessemer, Ala.; 
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis showed that the article consisted of pieces of rock, which when 
soaked in water dissolved to the extent of 6.5 percent. The dissolved material 
consisted principally of iron sulfate with small proportions of other mineral 
substances.
Misbranding was alleged in that the following statements regarding the 
curative or therapeutic effects of the article, borne on the carton, were false 
and fraudulent: "Life (Miracle) Mineral Water Contains,jnany healing minerals 
which have relieved thousands of people of * * * 'Upset Stomach, High 
Blood Pressure, Nervous Indigestion, Arthritis, Rheumatism, Kidney and 
Bladder Trouble, Female Complaints, Worms, Blood Disease and Loss of Ap- 
petite. Heals * * * Ringworm, Itch, Tetter, itching of Eczema, * * * 
itching piles, old Sores and similar irritations. Good Health Means More to 
You than Anything. * * * For Old Sores * * * Ringworm, Itch, Tetter, 
Eczema * * * piles and skin infections bathe the affected parts with Life 
(Miracle) Mineral Water."
On September 10, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of con- 
demnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.