[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5979]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3614]
Alpine Industries, Inc., et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and
Affirmative Corrective Actions
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Consent order.
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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this
consent order prohibits, among other things, two Minnesota-based sister
companies and their principal officer from making unsubstantiated
claims about the ability of any air cleaning product to eliminate,
remove, clear or clean any indoor air pollutant--or any quantity of
indoor air pollutants--from a user's environment.
DATES: Complaint and Order issued September 22, 1995.\1\
\1\ Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Klurfeld, Kerry O'Brien, and Linda Badger, San Francisco
Regional Office, Federal Trade Commission, 901 Market Street, Suite
570, San Francisco, CA 94103. (415) 744-7920.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, July 5, 1995, there was
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 35021, a proposed consent
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Alpine Industries, Inc., et
al., for the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested parties
were given sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, suggestions or
objections regarding the proposed form of the order.
No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement,
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition
of this proceeding.
(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5,
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5979 Filed 3-12-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
