15552.   Adulteration  and  Misbranding of mineral  -water.     V.   S.  v.   !)  Cases
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of Stafford Bo-Go-Ha-Ma Water.     Default decree of condemnation,
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forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.  &  D.   No.   22128.     I.   S.   No.   16117-x.
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S. No. 174.)
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On or about November 8, 1927, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Florida, acting upon u report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed
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in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying
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seizure and condemnation of 9 cases of Stafford Bo-Go-Ha-Ma water, remain-
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ing in the original unbroken packages at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the
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article had been shipped by the Stafford Springs Corp., from Vosburg, Miss.,
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on or about July 8, 1927, and transported from the State of Mississippi into
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the State of Florida, and charging adultei*ation and misbranding in violation
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of the food and  drugs  act as amended.    The article was  labeled  in  part:
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(Bottle)   " Stafford   Mineral   Springs Water   *    *    *    The  Stafford  Mineral
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Springs and Hotel Co. Ltd. The Stafford Springs Co., Inc., Vosburg, Miss. A 
Natural Diuretic * * "? Recommended for its Purity and Mineral Proper- 
ties,"   (yellow ?label)   "The  Sediment    *    *    *    Oxide of Iron."
It was alleg'ed in the libel that the article was adulterated in violation of
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section 7, paragraph 6, of said act, in the case of food, in that it consisted in
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part of a filthy, decomposed, and putiid animal substance.
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It  was further alleged  in  the libel   that   the  article was misbranded  in
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violation of section 8, paragraph 4, of said act, in the case of food, in that
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the statements, " Recommended for its purity    *    *    *    The sediment    *    *    *
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is  not  objectionable   from   *    *    *    a   sanitary    *    *    *    standpoint,"   were
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false and misleading.    It was further alleged in the libel that the article was
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misbranded in violation of section 8, paragraph 3, as amended, of said act, 
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in the case of drugs, in that the statements, "A Natural Diuretic Acting 
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freely upon the kidneys. * * * (Water of Life)," borne on the label, 
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were false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no ingredient or
combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On February 15, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal, and that 
the marshal be authorized to remove the labels from the empty containers and 
deliver said containers to the Stafford Springs Corporation.
W.  M.  JAEPINB,  Secretary of Agriculture.