[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 82 (Friday, April 29, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-10270]
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[Federal Register: April 29, 1994]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Docket C-3487]
MACE Security International, 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 requires, among other things, the Vermont-based marketers
to have competent and reliable evidence to support any claims about the
efficacy or performance of any chemical self-protection product they
sell and to include cautionary disclosures, in their advertisement and
with their product, about the limitations of the product on armed,
enraged, drugged, or intoxicated assailants. The order also requires
the respondents to substantiate any future claims they make about any
attribute of any chemical self-protection product they sell, and to
send a notice of the settlement to distributors and consumers.
DATES: Complaint and Order issued March 25, 1994.\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:
Michael Bloom or Alice Au, FTC/New York Regional Office, 150 Williams
St., 13th Floor, New York, NY 10038. (212) 264-1207.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Thursday, January 20, 1994, there was
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 3110, a proposed consent
agreement with analysis In the Matter of MACE Security International,
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.
Authority: (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. 94-10270 Filed 4-28-94; 8:45 am]
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