5292. Adulteration and misbranding of lithia water. XT. S. * * * v. 
5 Cases of Lithia Water. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture,   and  destruction.     (F.  & D.  No.  7720.    I.  S.  No.  21115-m.     S
No. W-142.4
On September 22, 1916, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 5 cases of lithia water, consigned by Bnno Sander Mineral Water 
Co., St. Louis, Mo., on September 12, 1916, and remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at San Francisco, Cal., alleging that article had been 
shipped and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of California, 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act as amended. The article was labeled: " Garrod Spa Lithia Water 
An Antacid and Trusty Remedy for the Cure of Gout and Rheumatism Manu- 
factured by Enno Sander Mineral Water Co.     St. Louis, U. S. A."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid matter.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article contained no in- 
gredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the therapeutic 
effects claimed in the statement on the label, to wit, " Trusty remedy for the 
cure of gout and rheumatism."
On October 3, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.