[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25493-25494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12703]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3636]


Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.; Prohibited Trade 
Practices, and Affirmative Correction 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, a New 
Jersey-based personal health-care products company and its parent 
corporation from misrepresenting the results or conclusions of any test 
or study concerning any over-the-counter products with a use relating 
to human reproduction, reproductive organs or sexually transmitted 
diseases (STDs). It requires the respondent to have competent and 
reliable scientific evidence for any claims regarding the efficacy of 
over-the-counter contraceptives or products to protect

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against STDs. In addition, the respondent must have competent and 
reliable scientific evidence to substantiate the advertising claims of 
any personal lubricant and/or spermicide.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued January 18, 1996.\1\
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    \1\ Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
Commissioner Azcuenaga's statement are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street & 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Badger or Matthew Gold, FTC/San Francisco Regional Office, 901 
Market Street, Suite 570, San Francisco, CA 94103.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Friday, October 27, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 55033, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Johnson & Johnson Consumer 
Products, 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. 96-12703 Filed 5-20-96; 8:45 am]
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