7346. Adulteration of  spring;  water.    V.   S.   *    *    *   v.   100  Bottles  and  20
Cases of Benscot Natural Spring Water. Consent decree of con- 
demnation, forfeitui-e, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 10322. I. S. No. 
16214-r.    S. No. E-1424.)
On May 20, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con- 
demnation of 100 bottles, each containing 5 gallons, and 20 cases, each contain- 
ing 1 dozen half-gallon bottles, of Benscot Natural Spring Water, consigned by 
the Benscot Mineral Springs Co., Austell, Ga., remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about April 16, 1919, and transported from the State of Georgia
into the State of Florida, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, " Benscot Natural Mineral 
Spring Water Benscot Mineral Springs Co. Austell, Cobb Co. Ga."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal and vege- 
table substance.
On May 26, 1919, the Benscot Mineral Water Co. having consented to a de- 
cree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered 
by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.