Pan Pacific Carpets, Inc

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IN THE MATTER OF PAN PACIFIC CARPETS, INC., ET AL.

~-€ONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE FLAMMABLE FABRICS ACTS Docket C-2344. Complaint, Jan. 16, 1978—Decision, Jan. 16, 1973. Consent order requiring a Los Angeles, California, manufacturer and seller of carpets and rugs, among other things to cease manufacturing for sale, selling, importing or distributing any fabric, material, or related product which fails to conform to an applicable standard of flammability or regulation issued under the provisions of the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended. - , COMPLAINT Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Acts, the Federal Trade Commission having reason to believe that Pan Pacific Carpets, Inc., a corporation, and Arnold Schoch, individually and as an officer of said corporation, hereinafter referred to as respondents, have violated the provisions of the said Acts and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, and it appearing to the Commission that a 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 Pan Pacific Carpets, Inc., is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California. Respondent Arnold Schoch is an officer of the said corporate respondent. He formulates, directs, and controls the acts, practices, and policies of the ° said corporation.

Respondents are engaged in the manufacture and sale of carpets and rugs, with their principal place of business located at 941 East Sixty Second Street, Los Angeles, California. Par. 2. Respondents are now and for some time last past have been engaged in the manufacturing for sale, sale and offering for sale, in commerce, and have introduced, delivered for introduction, transported and caused to be transported in commerce, and have sold or delivered after sale or shipment in commerce, products, as the terms “commerce” and “product” are defined in the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, which products fail to conform to an applicable standard or regulation continued in effect, issued or Decision and Order 82 F.T.C.

amended under the provisions amended. oo ss Among such products mentioned hereinabove was carpet style Hurricane made of 100 percent wool shag with a jute backing and subject to Department of Commerce Standard for the Surface Flammability of Carpets and Rugs (DOC FF 1-70). Par. 8. The aforesaid acts and practices of respondents were and are in violation of the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and as such constituted, and now constitute unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts and practices in commerce, within the intent and meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act. of the Flammable Fabrics Act, as DECISION AND ORDER The Federal Trade Commission having initiated an investigation of certain acts and practices of the respondents named in the caption hereof, and the respondents having been furnished thereafter with a copy of a draft of complaint which the Division of Textiles and Furs proposed to present to the Commission for its consideration and which, if issued by the Commission, would charge respondents with violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended; and The respondents and counsel for the Commission having thereafter executed an agreement containing a consent order, an admission by the respondents 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 respondents that the law has been violated as alleged in such complaint, and waivers and other provisions as required by the Commission’s rules; and The Commission having thereafter considered the matter and having determined that it had reason to believe that the respondents have violated the said Acts and that complaint should issue stating its charges in that respect, and having thereupon accepted the executed consent agreement and placed such agreement on the public record for a period of thirty (80) days, now in further conformity with the procedure prescribed in Section 2.34(b) of its rules, the Commission hereby issues its complaint, makes the following jurisdictional findings, and enters the following order: 1. Respondent Pan Pacific Carpets, Inc., is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws 24ND AUIPLU UAIN 1S, LINU., DL Ab, LOv 183 Decision and Order of the State of California. Respondent Arnold Schoch is an officer of said corporate respondent. 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12 1784 2431 60 32 96.785027 the Decision and Order 82 F.T.C.

Commission a special report in writing setting forth the respondents’ intentions as to compliance with this order. This special report shall also advise the Commission fully and specifically concerning (1) the identity of the products which gave rise to the complaint, (2) the identity of the purchasers of said products, (8) the amount of said products on hand and in the channels of ‘commerce, (4) any action taken and any further actions proposed to be taken to notify customers of the flammability of said products and effect the recall of said products from customers, and of the results thereof, (5) any disposition of said products since April 25, 1972, and (6) any action taken or proposed to be taken to bring said products into conformance with the applicable standard of flammability under the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, or to destroy said products, and the results of such action. Respondents will submit with their report, a complete description of each style of carpet or rug currently in inventory or production. Upon request, respondents will forward to the Commission for testing a sample of any such carpet or rug. It is further ordered, That respondents notify the Commission at least 30 days prior to any preposed change in the corporate respondent such as dissolution, assignment or sale resulting in the emergence of a successor corporation, the creation or dissolution of subsidiaries or any other change in the corporation which may affect compliance obligations arising out of the order. It is further ordered, That the individual respondent named herein promptly notify the Commission of- the-discontinuance of. his present business or employment and of his affiliation with a new business or employment. Such notice shall include respondent’s current business or employment in which he is engaged as well as a description of his duties and responsibilities. It is further ordered, That the respondent corporation shall forthwith distribute a copy of this order to each of its operating divisions.

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. GIM BEL BROTHERS, INCU, 137( Complaint