Elysee Fabrics, Inc.
Volume 61 · 61 F.T.C. 616
product labelingdeceptive advertising
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In THe Martrer or ELYSEE FABRICS, INC., ET AL.
CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, THE TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS IDENTIFI- CATION, AND THE WOOL PRODUCTS LABELING ACTS Docket C-236. Complaint, Sept. 18, 1962—Decision, Sept. 18, 1962 Consent order requiring importers in Jamaica, N.Y., to cease violating the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act by labeling, invoicing, and advertising textile fiber products falsely as to the name or amount of.constituent fibers, and by use of such misleading terms as “linen weave” and “silky”; failing to disclose on labels on textiles the true generic name of the fibers present, the percentage thereof, and the order of predominance by weight; failing to set forth in catalogs the true generic names of fibers in advertised fabrics, and using therein the name “Jeopard” or other fur bearing animal for textiles which were not fur products; and to cease violating the Wool Products Labeling Act by failing to disclose the true generic name of fibers present in wool fabrics, Complaint Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and the Wool Products Labeling Act and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Acts, the Federal Trade Commission having reason to believe that Elysée Fabrics, Inc., a corporation, and Gunther F. Ziegler, individually and as an officer of said corporation, hereinafter referred to as respondents, have violated the provisions of said Acts and the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939, and it appearing Complaint 61 F.T.C to the misrepresentation of the operation of plants or offices in London, Paris, Rome and Canada, as more specifically set forth in Paragraph Seven of the complaint be, and the same hereby is dismissed.
It is further ordered, That Paragraph Five of the complaint be, and it hereby is, dismissed.
It is further ordered, That respondents shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon them of this order, file with the Commission a report, in writing, setting forth in detail the manner and form in which they have complied with the order to cease and desist.
By the Commission, Commissioner Anderson not participating.