29262. Misbranding of Mlnnea.a Water.    IT. S. v. 120 Bottles and 476 Bottles of
Minnequa Water.     Default decrees  of condemnation and  destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 42456, 42457.   Sample No. 7930-D.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent curative or therapeutic 
claims; and failed to bear a statement of the quantity of contents of the bottles.
On May 24, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 596 bottles of Minnequa Water at 
Bayonne, N. J.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about April 18, 1938, from Canton, Pa., by Minnequa Springs; and 
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis showed that the article was a lightly mineralized water of the 
bicarbonate type.
It was alleged to be misbranded under the provisions of the law applicable 
to drugs in that the following statements borne on the label were statements re- 
garding its curative or therapeutic effects and were false and fraudulent: "Keeps 
Blood and Excretions Alkaline, Increases Metabolism and Promotes Tissue Re- 
pair, Enhances the Action of Saliva, Bile and Intestinal Juices. Aids Inter- 
change of Gasses in the Tissues and Lungs by Acting as Carbonic Acid Carriers. 
Indicated in Acid Dyspepsia, Constipation, Gall Stones, Gravel, Gout, Diabetes, 
Skin Eruptions, Rheumatism, Neuritis and Obesity." It was alleged to be mis- 
branded further under the provisions of the law applicable to food in that it was 
food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and 
conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On July 1, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.