Advisory opinion letter to Mr. Helm
Opening text: Letter of Request for Advisory Opinion May 3, 1967
82 F.T.C. 1949 · May 3, 1967 ·
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Letter of Request for Advisory Opinion
May 3, 1967 Dear Mr. Helm:
We are contract aerosol fillers and do not market any products for our own account. We sen to distributors who accept our for mulation and claims as "Cleared" by the Food and Drug Adminis tration (pursuant to the Kefauver-Harris Drug Act of 1962) and market our product under their name.
In particular, a nationally known company, is interested in dis tributing and advertising our MEDICATED PERSONAL DEO DORANT SPRAY (Code 3017) as per attached copy of claim sheet submitted to the Food and Drug Administration and their Clearance " of same dated December 6, 1966. Since this product meets United States government standards for safety and eJJ'ec tiveness as implied in the enclosed FDA " Clearance , our account wants to use the following statement in their advertisingThis product meets United States Government standards for safety and effectiveness It is not intended to vary from this particular phrase because it is a truthful statement.
We would appreciate your advisory opinion in the above matter. Sincerely, REGAL CHE:\ICAL CORPORATION