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Volume 69 · 69 F.T.C. 226

Citation
69 F.T.C. 226
Docket
7453
Complaint
1959-03-26
Decision
1966-03-04
Document type
set aside order
Case type
both
Statutes
FTC Act (section 5); Wool Products Labeling Act
Industry
textile and grocery
Outcome
set aside
Relief
cease_and_desist; affirmative_disclosure; compliance_reporting
Source
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National Tea Co., 69 F.T.C. 226 (1966). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v069-0027

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Order status: set_aside Commission order action. Sunset may be extended by the latest qualifying federal-court complaint alleging an order violation; complaints, dismissal/appeal outcomes, and respondent-specific extensions are not fully tracked.

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IN THE MATTER OF NATIONAL TEA CO.

ORDER, OPINIOKS, ETC. , IK REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT AND SEC. 7 OF THE CLAYTON ACT Docket 7453. C01nplaint, March 26, 1959-Decision, March 4. 1966 The Commission, having set aside the initial decision of its hearing examiner makes new findings of fact and conclusions of law on the record, and OT- Syllabus 69 F.

(a) Correctly showing in a clear and conspicuous manner each element of information required to be disclosed by Section 4 (a) (2) of the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939;

(b) Setting forth the common generic name of fibers in the required information on labels, tags or other means of identification attached to wool products. It is further ordered That respondent Spinner in Yarn Co. Inc., a corporation, and its offcers, and respondent' s representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, do forthwith cease and desist from furnishing a false guaranty that any wool product is not falsely or deceptively stamped, tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified when respondent has reason to believe that such wool product may be introduced sold, transported or distributed in commerce. It is further ordered That respondent Spinnerin Yarn Co. Inc., a corporation, and its offcers, and respondent' s representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, in connection with the offering for sale, sale or distribution of yarn or any other textie products in commerce, as commerce" is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act, do forthwith cease and desist from misrepresenting the character or amount of constituent fibers contained in yarn or any other textile products on invoices or shipping memoranda applicable thereto or in any other manner.

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

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