[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6916]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3720]


Premier Products, 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 or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, the New 
Jersey-based corporations, that advertise ``Miracle Thaw'' food thawing 
trays, the their officers from misrepresenting, with respect to any 
product involving the storage or preparation of food, the risk of 
buildup of harmful and unsafe levels of bacteria on food items 
defrosted, thawed, prepared, or stored using the product; the amount of 
time it may take to defrost, thaw, or prepare food items using the 
product; the process by which the product achieves any claimed 
defrosting, thawing, or preparation times; or the existence, contents, 
validity, results, conclusions, or interpretations of any test, study, 
or research.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued February 26, 1997.\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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Phoebe Morse, Federal Trade Commission, Boston Regional Office, 101 
Merrimac Street, Suite 810, Boston, MA. 02114-4719. (617) 424-5960.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Monday, December 16, 1996, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 66043, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Premier Products, 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 juridicational 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. 97-6916 Filed 3-18-97; 8:45 am]
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