Alpine Industries, Inc., et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and Affirmative Corrective Actions

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]

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