1184. Misbranding  of Buffalo   Mineral Water.    V.  S. v. 37 Bottles of Buffalo
Mineral   Water.    Default    decree    of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 10930.    Sample No. 46387-F.)
On October 21, 1943, the United State's attorney for the Eastern District of
North Carolina filed a libel against 37 5-gallon bottles of Buffalo Mineral Water
at Wake Forest, N. C, alleging that the article had been shipped on or about
June 21,1943, by the Buffalo Mineral Springs Co., Inc., from Buffalo Springs, Va.;
and charging that it was misbranded.
Examination disclosed that the article was a lightly mineralized water.
The article was alleged to be misbranded because of false and misleading
statements appearing in the leaflet entitled "Perhaps . . . You Might Wish to
Know," which represented and suggested that the article would improve or
restore health; and that it was an unexcelled diuretic and would be of great
benefit in the treatment of kidney disorders, diabetes, renal calculi (stone in the
bladder), inflammation of the bladder, Bright's disease, constipation, stomach
disorders, indigestion, gastro-intestinal disorders, jaundice, liver disorders, alco-
holism, rheumatism, neuritis, arthritis, disorders of the nervous system, influenza,
colds, and children's diseases.
On December 11,1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and it was ordered that the contents of the bottles containing the
articles be destroyed and that the empty bottles, after the removal of the labels
thereon, be returned to the Buffalo Mineral Springs Co., inc.