Milton Fettner trading as Milton Furs
Volume 63 · 63 F.T.C. 658
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Milton Fettner trading as Milton Furs, 63 F.T.C. 658 (1963). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v063-0041
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IN THE MATTER OF
MILTON FETTNER TRADING AS MILTON FURS
CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE FUR PRODUCTS LABELING ACTS
Docket C-582. Complaint, Sept. 12, 1963—Decision, Sept. 12, 1963
Consent order requiring a manufacturer, retailer and wholesaler of furs in Cincinnati, Ohio, to cease violating the Fur Products Labeling Act by failing to show on labels and invoices and in advertising when fur products contained cheap or waste fur, to show on labels and in advertising the true animal name of fur and when fur was "natural", to disclose on labels that certain furs were "secondhand" and to show on invoices the country of origin of imported furs; using in advertising the names of animals other than those producing certain furs; advertising falsely that prices of fur products were reduced "1/4 to 1/2 and more"; failing to maintain adequate records as a basis for pricing claims; and failing in other respects to comply with the requirements of the Act.
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 Milton Fettner, an individual trading as
Complaint 63 F.T.C.
FINAL ORDER
The hearing examiner filed an initial decision in this case on May 13, 1963. Subsequently, on July 25, 1963, the Commission, having been informed by complaint counsel that no petition for review would be filed, issued an order staying the effective date of the initial decision. The Commission has now determined not to place the case on its own docket for review. Accordingly, It is ordered, That the Commission's order of July 25, 1963, staying the effective date of the initial decision, be, and it hereby is, vacated.
It is further ordered, That the initial decision be, and it hereby is, adopted as the decision of the Commission. It is further ordered, That respondents shall file with the Commission, within sixty (60) days after service of this order upon them, a report in writing, signed by them, setting forth in detail the manner and form of their compliance with the order. By the Commission, Commissioners Dixon and MacIntyre not concurring.