[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 252 (Tuesday, December 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69099-69100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33283]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. 9274]


RustEvader 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, David F. 
McCready, a Pennsylvania-based former owner and officer of RustEvader 
Corporation, from representing that the products he markets are 
effective in preventing or substantially reducing corrosion in motor 
vehicle bodies or making any representation concerning the performance, 
efficacy or attributes of such products, unless such representations 
are true and the respondent possesses competent and

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reliable evidence to substantiate such claims, and from misrepresenting 
the existence or results of any test or study. In addition, the consent 
order requires the respondent to pay $200,000 in consumer redress.

DATES: Complaint issued August 30, 1995. Order issued October 30, 
1996.\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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Milgrom, Federal Trade 
Commission, Cleveland Regional Office, 668 Euclid Avenue, Suite 520-A, 
Cleveland, OH. 44144. (216) 522-4210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, July 9, 1996, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 36065, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of RustEvader 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.
    A comment was filed and considered by the Commission. 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)
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-33283 Filed 12-30-96; 8:45 am]
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