[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 82 (Friday, April 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-10270]


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[Federal Register: April 29, 1994]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Docket C-3487]

 

MACE Security International, Inc., et al.; 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 requires, among other things, the Vermont-based marketers 
to have competent and reliable evidence to support any claims about the 
efficacy or performance of any chemical self-protection product they 
sell and to include cautionary disclosures, in their advertisement and 
with their product, about the limitations of the product on armed, 
enraged, drugged, or intoxicated assailants. The order also requires 
the respondents to substantiate any future claims they make about any 
attribute of any chemical self-protection product they sell, and to 
send a notice of the settlement to distributors and consumers.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued March 25, 1994.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Bloom or Alice Au, FTC/New York Regional Office, 150 Williams 
St., 13th Floor, New York, NY 10038. (212) 264-1207.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Thursday, January 20, 1994, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 3110, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of MACE Security International, 
Inc., et al., 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.

    Authority: (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).
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-10270 Filed 4-28-94; 8:45 am]
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