4234. Adulteration of mineral water. TJ..S. ** * * v. 120 One-Half Gal??
lon Bottles of Mineral Water. Default decree of condemnation,?
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 6526. . I. S. No. 18865-k.?
S. No, W-47.)
On May 8, 1915, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation?
of 120 one-half gallon bottles of mineral water contained in 10 crates, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., alleging that the?
product had been shipped and transported from the State of Texas into the?
State of Colorado, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and?
Drugs-Act. The crates were labeled: "Crazy Mineral Wells, Texas. * * *.'??
The bottles were labeled: "Crazy No. 3 This is a Natural,. Saline, Alkaline?
Mineral Water Freely Laxative and mildly Diuretic. * * * The Crazy Well?
Water Company.   Mineral Wells, Texas.   One-Half Gallon."
It was alleged in the libel that the article of food was adulterated for the?
reason that said mineral water contained a filthy, decomposed, and putrid?
animal substance, which reduced, lowered, and injuriously affected the quality?
of said article.
On August 27, 1915, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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