3962. Adulteration and misbranding of mineral water.   U. S. v. National Water Co.   Plea of?
nolo contendere.   Fine, $10.   (F. & D. No. 4743.   I. S. No. 1249-d.)
On July 18, 1913, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, acting?
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United?
States for said district an information against the National Water Co., a corporation,?
Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, on August 25, 1911, from the State of Maryland into the District of Columbia, of
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a quantity of mineral water which was adulterated and misbranded. The product was?
labeled: "Natural Geneva Spring Mineral Water This bottle should be kept in a?
cool place Do not dilute with ice * * * Geneva Mineral Water Springs Geneva,?
N. Y. Nature's Remedy. * * * A pure, natural mineral water * * * Balti??
more Depot, 16 Olay St., near Charles * * *" Examination of a sample of the?
product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department showed the following results:
100 B. coli group per cc.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the first count of the information for the?
reason that it consisted in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substances,?
to wit, the colon group of organisms. Adulteration was alleged in the second count of?
the information for the reason that the product consisted in part of a filthy, decom??
posed,.and putrid animal substance, to wit, excremental material of human and ani??
mal origin. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the product was labeled as?
set forth above, which said statement was false and misleading, in that the water was not?
pure but was impure and in fact contaminated with excremental matter of human and?
animal origin. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the product was?
labeled and branded so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, being labeled as set?
forth above, which said statement was false and misleading, in that the water was not?
pure but was in truth'and in fact contaminated with excremental matter of human or?
animal origin.
On October 13, 1913, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo contendere to?
the information and the court imposed a fine of $10.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March SO, 1914.