[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9423]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3615]


Quantum Electronics Corporation, 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 or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, the 
Rhode Island-based company and its principal officers from making 
unsubstantiated claims about the ability of any air cleaning product to 
eliminate, remove, clear or clean any indoor air pollutant--or any 
quantity of indoor air pollutants--from a user's environment.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued September 22, 1995.\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:
Jeffrey Klurfeld, Kerry O'Brien, and Linda Badger, San Francisco 
Regional Office, Federal Trade Commission, 901 Market Street, Suite 
570, San Francisco, CA 94103. (415) 744-7920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, July 5, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 35029, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Quantum Electronics 
Corporation, 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 case 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)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-9423 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]
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