[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
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[Federal Register: February 11, 1994]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3474]

 

Nutri/System, Inc.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and Affirmative 
Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
consent order prohibits, among other things, a Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 
diet program company from misrepresenting the performance or safety of 
any weight-loss program it offers in the future; requires it to have 
competent and reliable scientific evidence to back up future claims it 
makes about weight loss and maintenance; requires it to include, in 
conjunction with maintenance success claims, the settlement ``For many 
dieters, weight loss is temporary;'' requires it to disclose to its 
customers that failure to eat all of the food recommended in the 
program may put their health at risk; requires it to disclose, if it 
makes price representations, either all mandatory fees or a list of the 
additional products or services consumers will need to purchase; and 
requires it to disclose all material connections between its program 
and any entity that endorses or evaluates it.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued December 22, 1993.\1\
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    \1\Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
Commissioner Owen's statement are available from the Commission's 
Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard F. Kelly, FTC/H-200, Washington, DC 20580. (202) 326-3304.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, October 12, 1993, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 58 FR 52769, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Nutri/System, Inc., for the 
purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested parties were given 
sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, suggestions or objections 
regarding the proposed form of the order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45, 52)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-3268 Filed 2-10-94; 8:45 am]
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