26809. Misbranding of Wonder Health Water.    U. S. v. 710 Bottles of Wonder 
Health Water.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F.
& D. no. 38238.    Sample no. 6650-C.)
The labeling of this product contained false and fraudulent health claims.
On September 4, 1936, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 710 bottles of 
Wonder Health Water at Dallas, Tex., alleging that it had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about August 16, 1936, by the Wonder Health 
Water Co., from Hot Springs, Ark., and charging misbranding in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis showed that the product was a lightly mineralized, slightly alkaline 
mineral water of approximately the same composition of numerous city water 
supplies throughout the country.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements 
borne on the label, "Health Water" and "For your health's sake drink Wonder 
Health Water", were false and fraudulent in that they were applied to the 
article in order to induce purchasers to believe that if used as a medicine, it 
would be effective in the maintenance of health; whereas it contained no 
ingredient nor combination of ingredients capable of producing such effects.
On January 12, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.