Dabrol Products Corporation

Volume 70 · 70 F.T.C. 1099

Citation: 70 F.T.C. 1099
Docket: 5656
Complaint: 1949-10-19
Decision: 1966-10-17
Document type: modifying order
Case type: consumer protection
Statutes: FTC Act (section 5)
Industry: lubricating oil
Outcome: modified
Relief: affirmative_disclosure; compliance_reporting
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Dabrol Products Corporation, 70 F.T.C. 1099 (1966). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v070-0071

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Order status: modified (still in effect) 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 DABROL PRODUCTS CORPORATION ET AL.

MODIFIED ORDER, ETC. , IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT Docket 5656, Complaint, Oct. 191,.9-Decision, Oct. 17, 1966 Order modifying a cease and desist order dated December 29, 1950, 47 F. 791 , requiring a processor of lubricating oil to cease advertising and selling its product without disclosing that it is re-refined or reprocessed, by ordering such disclosure be made on the front panel or panels of the container.

ORDER REOPENING PROCEEDING AND MODIFYING ORDER TO CEASE AND DESIST The Commission on December 29, 1950 (47 F. C. 791J, having issued its order to cease and desist against respondents herein providing at paragraphs 4 and 5 as follows: DABROL PRODUCTS CORP. ET AL. 1099 1095 Order be a defense in any enforcement proceeding instifuted hereunder for respondents to establish that said personnel have actually been trained at the factory of the manufacturer of the product;

(5) The products sold by respondents wi1 last a lifetime or wi1 never require painting or maintenance, for the life of the structure on which applied, or misrepresenting in any manner the effcacy, durability or effciency of respondents products;

(6) Any of respondents' products or installations are guaranteed unless the nature and extent of the guarantee the identity of the guarantor, and the manner in which the guarantor wi1 perform thereunder are clearly and conspicuously disclosed;

(7) Persons wil receive a gift of a specified article of merchandise, or anything of value: Provided, howeve1" That it shall be a defense in any enforcement proceeding instituted hereunder for respondents to establish that the item referred to as a gift was in fact delivered to each eligible person. It is further ordered That the respondents herein 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 this order.

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