15391. Adulteration of   mineral  -water.     U.   S.  v.  Benscot  Mineral   Snrln
Co.     Plea of guilty.     Fine, $100.     (F. & D. No. 21589.     I. S. Nos. 174S 
12008-x )
On April 30, 1927, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
Benscot Mineral Springs Co., a corporation, .Austell, Ga., alleging shipment 
said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in part on or about J 
27, 1926, and in part on or about August 6, 1926, from the State of Geor 
into the State of Alabama, of quantities of mineral water, which was ac 
terated.   The article was labeled in part: " Benscot Mineral Springs Compa 
Natural Mineral Spring Water   *    *    *    Austell, Cobb Co. Ga."
A bacteriolog cal examination by this department of samples of water fr 
this shipment showed the water to be polluted.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated, in t 
it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal 
vegetable substance.
On October 1, 1927, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on bel 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
R. W. DXJNLAP, Aoting Secretary of Agriculture