Fred Taub

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FRED TA l:B 511 511 Complaint IN 'rhe MATI'ER OF FRED TAUB CONSENT ORDEI\, ETC. , IN I\EGAIW TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COM.VIISSION AND 1'HE FUR PRODUCTS LABELING ACTS Docket C-l(J()7. CO'nplnint, Oct, 30, Jr)6.9-Decision, Oct. 30, 1969 Consent order requiring a New York Cit)' wholesaler of furs to cease falsely" invoicing his flu p1'oducts.

COMPLAINT Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the F'm Products Laheling Act, and by virtue of the anthority vested in it by said Acts. i he Federal Trade Commission having reason to believe that Fled Taub, an individual trading as Fred Tal1b, hereinafter referred to as respondent, has violated the provisions of said Acts and the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Fur Products Labeling- Act, and it appearing to the Commission that it proceeding by it in respect thereof would be in the public interest, hereby issues its complaint stating its charges in that respect as follows:

PARAGRAPH 1. Respondent Fred Taub is an individual trading under his own nan1€.

Respondent is a wholesaler of furs with his offce and principal place of business located at 358 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York.

PAR. 2. Respondent is now, and for some time last past has been, engaged in the introduction hlto commerce, the sale, advertising and offering for sale in C0111merce, and in the transportation and distribution in commerce, of furs, as the terms " C01l1merce" and "fur" are defined in the Fur Products Labeling Act. PAR. 3. Certain of said furs were falsely aeld 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 the Rules and Regulations promulgated under such Act. Among such falsely and deceptively invoiced furs, but not limited thereto, were imported furs covered by invoices which failed to show the country of origin of sueil irnpol'ted furs. Complaint 76 F.

PAR. 4. Certain of said furs were falsely and deceptively invoiced with respect to the name of the country of origin of imported furs, in violation of Section 5 (b) (2) of the Fur Products Labeling Act.

Among such falsely and deceptively invoiced furs, but not limited thereto, were imported fuls covered by invoices which failed to show the country of origin of such imported furs. The omission of the required material fact as to the country of origin of the imported furs implied that the said furs were of domestic origin when in truth and in fact the said furs were of foreign origin, in violation of Section 5(b) (2) of the Fur Products Labeling Act.

PAR. 5. The aforesaid acts and practices of respondent, as herein alleged, are in violation of the Fur Products Labeling Act and the Rules and Reg-ulations promulgated thereunder and constitute unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts and practices in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

DEC1Slon AND ORDER The Federal Trade Cmnmission having initiated an investigation of certain acts and practices of the respondent named in the caption hereof, and the respondent having been furnished thereafter with a copy of a draft of complaint which the Bureau of Textiles and Furs proposed to jJresent to the Commission for its consideration and \vhieh, if issued by the Commission, v.muld charge respondent with violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Fur Products Labeling Act; 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 aforesaid draft of complaint, a statement that the signing of said agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by resI'ondent that the Jaw has been violated as alleged in such complaint, and waivers and other provisions as required by the C01nmission s Rules; and The Commission having thereaiter considered the matter and having determined that it had reason to believe that the respondent has violated the said Acts, and that complaint should issue stating its charges in that respect, and having thereupon accepted FRED TAUB 513 511 Decision and Order the executed consent agreement and placed such agreement on the public record for a period of thirty (30) days, now in further conformity with the procedure prescribed in 34 (b) of its Rules, the Commission hereby issues its complaint, makes the following jurisdictional findings, and enters the following order: 1. Respondent Fred Taub is an individual trading under his own name. He is a wholesaler of furs with his offce and principal place of business located at 358 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York.

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 is ordel'ed That respondent Fred Taub, an individual treding under his own name or any other name, and respondent' representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, in connection with the introduction into commerce, or the sale, advertising or offering for sale in commerce, or the transportation or distribution in commerce, of any fur, as the terms "commerce" and "fur" are defined in the Fur Products Labeling Act, do forthwith cease and desist from falsely or deceptively invoicing furs by:

is 1. Failing to furnish an invoice as the term "invoice" defined in the Fur Products Labeling Act, showing in words and figures plainly legible al1 the information required to be disclosed by Section 5 (b) (1) of the Fur Products Labeling Act.

2. Misrepresenting in any manner on an invoice directly or by implication, the country of origin of any imported fur. It is furthe?' o"dend That the respondent herein shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon him of this order, file with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which he has complied with this order. Complaint 76 F. T.