9333. Adulteration and Misbranding of Salt-Sulphur Water.   U. S.   *   *   *   v. 5 Barrels of
Salt-Sulphur Water.   Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.
(P. & D. No. 13753.   I S.No. 6259-t.   S. No. E-2794.)
On October 5, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, act- 
ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the 
United States for said district a libel, and on November 22, 1920, an amended libel, 
for the seizure and condemnation of 5 barrels of Salt-Sulphur Water, remaining unsold 
in the original unbroken packages at Stamford, Conn., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Salt-Sulphur Water Co., Excelsior Springs, Mo., on or about August 20,
1920, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Connecticut, and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as 
amended. The article was labeled in part, "Salt-Sulphur Water * * * This 
Water Is A Recognized Remedy For Chronic Constipation * * * Bottled At 
Excelsior Springs, Mo. By The Salt-Sulphur Water Co."
Adulteration of the article considered as a food was alleged in substance in the libel 
for the reason that it consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid 
animal or vegetable substance.
Misbranding of the article considered as a drug was alleged in substance in the libel, 
as amended, for the reason that the labels upon the barrels containing the article bore the 
following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effect thereof, "* * * 
This Water Is A Recognized Remedy * * * Invaluable In The Treatment Of In- 
flammatory And Catarrhal Conditions Of The Stomach And Intestines As Well As Dis- 
eases Of The Liver. Its Continued Use Stimulates To Healthy Action The Stomach, 
Liver And Kidneys," which statements were false and fraudulent and were intended 
to be of such a character as to mislead the purchaser in that the said article contained 
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On March 7, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con- 
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United Slates marshal,
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.