4396. Adulteration of Tvater. V. S. * * * v. 9 Cases * * * " Witter?
SjJi'in&s Watei'." Default deeree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.       (F. & D. No. 6783.    I. S. No. 4836-lr.    S. No. E-376.)'
On August 3, 1915, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Pennsylvania, 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 9 cases, more or less, each containing about 3 dozen bottles of?
'"Witter Springs Water," remaining unsold in the original'unbroken packages?
at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about?
February 20, 1915, and transported from the State of California into the State?
of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act. The shipping containers were labeled, in part: " 3 Dozen Bottles Natural?
Witter Springs Water Serial No. 10206. Witter Medicinal Springs, Main Office,?
San Francisco, California."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal or vege??
table substance.?
On August 23, 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.
CAEL VKOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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