[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25493-25494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12703]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3636]
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.; Prohibited Trade
Practices, and Affirmative Correction 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, a New
Jersey-based personal health-care products company and its parent
corporation from misrepresenting the results or conclusions of any test
or study concerning any over-the-counter products with a use relating
to human reproduction, reproductive organs or sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs). It requires the respondent to have competent and
reliable scientific evidence for any claims regarding the efficacy of
over-the-counter contraceptives or products to protect
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against STDs. In addition, the respondent must have competent and
reliable scientific evidence to substantiate the advertising claims of
any personal lubricant and/or spermicide.
DATES: Complaint and Order issued January 18, 1996.\1\
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\1\ Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and
Commissioner Azcuenaga's statement are available from the
Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street &
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20580.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Badger or Matthew Gold, FTC/San Francisco Regional Office, 901
Market Street, Suite 570, San Francisco, CA 94103.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Friday, October 27, 1995, there was
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 55033, a proposed consent
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Johnson & Johnson Consumer
Products, Inc., 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, 52)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12703 Filed 5-20-96; 8:45 am]
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