Alaska Sew & Fur Shop, Etc

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ROBIN ROUSSEAU TRADING AS ALASKA SEW & FUR

SHOP, ETC.

CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE FUR PRODUCTS LABELING ACTS

Docket C-49. Complaint, Dee. 21, 1961—Decision, Dee. 21, 1961 Consent order requiring a furrier in Spenard, Alaska, to cease violating the Fur Products Labeling Act by failing to show on labels the true animal name of the fur in fur products and to disclose when fur was dred; and by failing to comply with invoicing requirements.

Complaint

Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act. and the Fur Products Labeling Act, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Acts, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Robin Rousseau, hereinafter referred to as respondent. has violated the provisions of said Acts and the Rules and Regulation promulgated under the Fur Products Labeling Act, and it appearing to the Commission that. a preceeding by it in respect. thereof would be in the public interest, hereby issues its complaint stating its charges in that respect.as follows:

Paracrarn. 1. Robin Rousseau is an individual trading as Alaska Sew & Fur Shop and Bobbie’s Fur Shop with their office and principal place of business located at 2905 Arctic Boulevard (Box 4626), Spenard, Alaska.

Par. 2. Subsequent to the effective date of the Fur Products Labeling Act on August 9, 1952, respondent has been and is now engaged in the introduction into commerce, and in the manufacture for introduction into commerce, and in the sale, advertising, and offering for sale, in commerce, and in the transportation and distribution, in commerce, or fur products; and has manufactured for sale, sold, advertised, offered for sale, transported and distributed fur products which have been made in whole or in part of fur which had been shipped and received in commerce as the terms “commerce”, “fur” and “fur products” are defined in the Fur Products Labeling Act.

Par. 3. Certain of said fur products were misbranded in that they were not. labeled as required under the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Fur Products Labeling Act and in the manner and form prescribed by the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder.

Par. 4. Certain of said fur products were falsely and deceptively invoiced by the respondent in that. they were not invoiced as required by Section 5(b)(1) of the Fur Products Labeling Act and in the manner and form prescribed by the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder.

Among such falsely and deceptively invoiced fur products, but not limited thereto, were invoices which failed:

1. To show the true animal name of the fur used in the fur product.

2. To disclose that the fur contained in the fur products was dyed when such was the fact.

Par. 5. Certain of said fur products were falsely and deceptively invoiced in violation of the Fur Products Labeling Act in that they were not. invoiced in accordance with the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder in that required item numbers were not set, forth on invoices in violation of Rule 40 of said Rules and Regulations.

Par. 6. The aforesaid acts and practices of respondent, as herein alleged, are in violation of the Fur Products Labeling Act and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder and constitute unfair and deceptive acts and practices in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

DECISION AND ORDER

The Commission having heretofore determined to issue its complaint charging violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Fur Products Labeling Act, and the respondent named in the caption hereof having received notice of said determination and a copy of the complaint the Commission intended to issue, together with a proposed form of order; and The respondent and counsel for the Commission having thereafter executed an agreement containing a consent order an admission by the respondent of all the jurisdictional facts set forth in the complaint contemplated by such agreement, a statement. that the signing of said agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not. constitute an admission by respondent that the law has been violated as set forth in such complaint, and waivers and provisions as required by the Commission’s rules; and The Commission, having considered the agreement, hereby accepts same, issues its complaint in the form contemplated by said agreement, makes the following jurisdictional findings, and enters the following order:

1. Respondent Robin Rousseau is an individual trading as Alaska Sew & Fur Shop and Bobbie's Fur Shop with her office and principal place of business located at 2905 Arctic Boulevard, Spenard, Alaska.

2. The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction of the subject matter of this proceeding and of the respondent, and the proceeding is in the public interest.

ORDER

It ts ordered, That Robin Rousseau, an individual trading as Alaska Sew & Fur Shop and Bobbie’s Fur Shop, or under any other trade name, and respondent’s representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, in connection with the introduction, manufacture for introduction, or the sale, advertising or offering for sale in commerce, or the transportation or distribution in commerce of fur products or in connection with the sale, manufacture for sale, advertising, offering for sale, transportation or distribution of fur products which have been made in whole or in part. of fur which has been shipped and received in commerce as “commerce”, “fur? and “fur product” are defined in the Fur Products Labeling Act do forthwith cease and desist, from:

1. Misbranding fur products by:

A. Failing to aflix labels to fur products showing in words and figures plainly legible all the information required to be disclosed by each of the subsections of Section 4(2) of the Fur Products Labeling Act.

2. Falsely or deceptively invoicing fur products by: A. Failing to furnish invoices to purchasers of fur products showing in words and figures plainly legible all the information required to be disclosed by each of the subsections of Section 5(b) (1) of the Fur Products Labeling Act.

B. Failing to set forth the item number or mark assigned to a fur product.

Lt is further ordered, That the respondent shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon her of this order, file with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which she has complied with this order.