[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9423]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3615]
Quantum Electronics Corporation, 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 or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of
competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, the
Rhode Island-based company and its principal officers 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 35029, a proposed consent
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Quantum Electronics
Corporation, 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 case 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. 96-9423 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
