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Ashley Renfro, 25, was cited Saturday after setting up a farmers market booth selling plain tap water labeled “Gluten-Free Certified Spring Water” for nine dollars a bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Printed custom labels reading “0g Gluten, 100% Pure”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filled every bottle directly from a garden hose behind her booth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Told a health inspector the water was “basically the same thing” as bottled brands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sold out of her first 40 bottles in under an hour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Argued the price was fair because “wellness isn’t cheap”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A county health inspector shut the booth down after a customer flagged the labeling. Inspector Carla Whitfield, an 11-year veteran, said, “I’ve cited people for expired meat. I’ve never cited someone for selling a sink.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She now faces a citation for false advertising and operating without a permit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water’s free from the tap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her label just wasn’t free from a lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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