(N.J. 41.)
ADULTERATION OF WATER.
(GREAT BEAR SPRING.)
In accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906, and of regulation 6 of the rules and regulations?
for the enforcement of the act, notice is given that on the 20th day of?
October, 1908, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia hold??
ing a district court of the United States, in a proceeding of libel for?
condemnation of 350 cases and 100 demijohns of water labeled "Great?
Bear Spring Water," adulterated in that it contained the colon group?
of organisms which rendered it unfit for consumption, wherein the?
United States was libelant and the Great Bear Spring Company, of?
Washington, D. C, was claimant, the said claimant having filed its?
answer and the cause having come on for hearing, a decree of forfeit??
ure, condemnation, and destruction was rendered, in substance and in?
form as follows:
In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia holding a District Court of
the United States for said District.
UNITED STATES OP AMERICA?
OKA^?1(U1?      VS'??7?T?I-No. 786, District Docket.350 CASES AND 100 DEMIJOHNS OF WATER LABELED ?
"GREAT BEAR SPRING."
This cause having come on to be heard, upon the libel filed herein, the war??
rant of arrest issued thereunder, the return of the marshal, showing that he has?
made seizure under the said warrant of arrest, and the answer of the respondent?
and claimant, the Great Bear Spring Company, a corporation, filed herein,?
admitting the averments of the said libel and consenting to a judgment for con??
demnation ; and thereupon, upon consideration thereof, it is, this twentieth day?
of October, A. D. 1908, ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the said three hun??
dred and fifty cases, more or less, and the said one hundred demijohns, more or
less, of water labeled "Great Bear Spring Water," seized herein be, and the?
same hereby are, decreed to be adulterated as claimed in the said libel, in viola??
tion of act approved June 30, 1906; and it is ordered that the same be, and they?
hereby are, condemned, as prayed for in the petition, and it is ordered that the?
same be disposed of by destruction. It is further ordered that the claimant and?
respondent, the Great Bear Spring Company, a corporation, shall pay the costs?
of these proceedings, including the court costs, storage, cartage, and the other?
costs, if any, as assessed by the marshal herein.?
By the court.
THOS. H. ANDERSON, Justice.
The facts in the case were as follows :
On September 26, 1908, an inspector of the Department of Agricul??
ture purchased from the Great Bear Spring Company, Washington, D. C,?
samples of a water labeled "Great Bear Spring Water," which were?
promptly subjected to analysis in the Bureau of Chemistry, Department?
of Agriculture. The results of the analysis showed that the water con??
tained the colon group of organisms which indicated that there was a?
contamination rendering the water unfit for human consumption. The?
conclusions of the analysts were confirmed by an inspection of the bot??
tling plant and of the methods employed there, which disclosed that?
the contamination probably was due to insanitary surroundings and?
uncleanly methods of handling at the time the water involved in this?
case was bottled.
On October 14, 1908, the facts were reported by the Secretary of?
Agriculture to the United States attorney for the District of Columbia,?
and libel for seizure and condemnation was duly filed in the aforesaid?
court with the result stated in the decree hereinbefore set forth.
H. W. WILEY,?
F. L. DUNLAP,?
GEO. P. MCCABE,?
Board of Food and Drug Inspection.
Approved:?
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 26, 1909.