Kasbar Quilting Corp

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IN THE MATTER OF KASBAR QUILTING CORP., ET AL.

CONSENT ORDER, ETC. , IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE WOOL PRODUCTS LABELING ACTS Docket C-1593. Complaint, Oct. 10, 1969-Decision, Oct. 10, 1969 Consent order requiring a Brooklyn, N. , manufacturer of quilting interlining fabrics to cease misbranding and falsely invoicing its wool products. COMPLAINT Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Acts, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Kasbar Quilting Corp. , a corporation, and Joseph A. Kasbar and Adel Kasbar, individually and as offcers of said corporation, hereinafter referred to as respondents, have violated the provisions of said Acts and the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939, and it appearing to the Commission that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be in the public interest hereby issues its complaint stating its charges in that respect as follows: PARAGRAPH 1. Respondent Kasbar Quilting Corp. is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the Jaws of the State of New York with its offce and principal place of business located at 241-59th Street, Brooklyn, New York. Individual respondents Joseph A. Kasbar and Adel Kasbar are offcers of the corporate respondent. They formulate, direct and control the policies, acts and practices of said corporation including the acts and practices hereinafter referred to. Their address is the same as that of the corporate respondent. Respondents are manufacturers of quilted interlining fabric. PAR. 2. Respondents, now and for some time last past, have manufactured for introduction into commerce, introduced into commerce, sold, transported, distributed, delivered for shipment shipped and offered for sale in commerce, as "commerce" is defined in the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 , wool products as wool product" is defined therein. PAR. 3. Certain of said wool products were misbranded by respondents within the intent and meaning of Section 4(a) (1) of KASBAR QUILTING CORP. , ET AL. 441 440 Complaint the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder in that they were falsely and deceptively stamped, tagged, labeled or otherwise identified with respect to the character and amount of the constituent fibers contained therein.

Among such misbranded wool products but not limited thereto were quiled interlining materials which were stamped, tagged labeled or otherwise identified by respondents as containing "90% Reprocessed Wool, 10% Other Unknown Reprocessed Fibers whereas in truth and in fact said fabrics contained substantially different fibers and amounts of fibers than as represented. PAR. 4, Certain of said wool products were further misbranded by respondents in that they were not stamped, tagged, labeled or otherwise identified as required under the provisions of Section 4 (a) (2) of the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 and in the manner and form as prescribed by the Rules and Regulations promulgated under said Act.

Among such misbranded wool products, but not limited thereto, was a wool product with a label on or affxed thereto which failed to disclose the percentage of the total fiber weight of the said wool product, exclusive of ornamentation not exceeding 5 per centum of the total fiber weight, of (1) wool; (2) reprocessed wool; (3) reused wool; (4) each fiber other than wool, when said percentage by weight of such fiber was 5 per centum or more; and (6) the aggregate of a11 other fibers.

PAR. 6. The acts and practices of the respondents as set forth above were and are in violation of the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder, and constituted, and now constitute, unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts and practices, in commerce, within the intent and meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act.

PAR. 6. Respondents now and for some time last past have been engaged in the advertising, offering for sale, sale and distribution of products iP commerce. The respondents now cause and for some time last past have caused their said products, when sold, to be shipped from their place of business in the State of New York to purchasers located in various other States of the United States, and maintain, and at a11 times mentioned herein have maintained, a substantial course of trade in said products in com- Complaint 76 F. T.

merce, as "commerce" is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act.

PAR. 7. Respondents in the course and conduct of their business, have made statements on invoices and shipping memoranda to their customers misrepresenting the character or amount of the constituent fibers present in such products. Among such misrepresentations but not limited thereto, were statements representing certain quilted interlining fabric to be "90% Reprocessed Wool, 10% Other Unknown Reprocessed Fibers " whereas, in truth and in fact the said product contained substantially different fibers and amounts of fibers than were represented. PAR. 8. The acts and practices set out in Paragraph Seven have the tendency and capacity to mislead and deceive the purchasers of said products as to the true content thereof. PAR. 9. The acts and practices of respondents as herein alleged were and are all to the prejudice and injury of the public, and constituted, and now, constitute, unfair and deceptive acts and practices in commerce, within the intent and meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act.

DECISION AND ORDER The Federal Trade Commission having initiated an investigation of certain acts and practices of the respondents named in the caption hereof, and the respondents having been furnished thereafter with a copy of a draft of complaint which the Bureau of Textiles and Furs proposed to present to the Commission for its consideration and which, if issued by the Commission, would charge respondents with violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939; and The respondents and counsel for the Commission having thereafter executed an agreement containing a consent order, an admission by the respondents of all the jurisdictional facts set forth in the aforesaid draft of complaint, a statement that the signing of said agreement is for settement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by respondents that the law has been violated as alleged in such complaint, and waivers and other provisions as required by the Commission s Rules; and The Commission having thereafter considered the matter and having determined that it had reason to believe that the respondents have violated the said Acts, and that complaint should issue KASBAR QUILTING CORP. , ET AL. 443 440 Decision and Order stating its charges in that respect, and having thereupon accepted the executed consent agreement and placed such agreement on the public record for a period of thirty (30) days, now in further conformity with the procedure prescribed in 34 (b) of its Rules, the Commission hereby issues its complaint, makes the following jurisdictional findings, and enters the following order: 1. Respondent Kasbar Quiling Corp. is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York, with its offce and principal place of business located at 241.59th Street, Brooklyn, New York. Respondents Joseph A. Kasbar and Adel Kasbar are offcers of said corporation. They formulate, direct and control the policies acts and practices of said corporation and their address is the same as that of said corporation.

2. The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction of the subject matter of this proceeding and of the respondents, and the proceeding is in the public interest.

ORDER It is ordered That respondents Kasbar Quilting Corp., a corporation, and its offcers, and Joseph A. Kasbar and Adel Kasbar individually and as offcers of said corporation, and respondents representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, in connection with the introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into commerce, or the offering for sale, sale, transportation, distribution, delivery for shipment or shipment, in commerce, of \vool products as "commerce" and wool product" are defined in the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939, do forthwith cease and desist from misbranding such products by:

1. Falsely or deceptively stamping, tagging, labeling or otherwise identifying such products as to the character or amount of the constituent fibers contained therein. 2. Failing to securely affx to or place on, each such product a stamp, tag, label or other means of identification showing in a clear and conspicuous manner each element of information required to be disclosed by Section 4 (a) (2) of the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939.

It is further ordered That respondents Kasbar Quilting Corp. a corporation, and its offcers, and Joseph A. Kasbar and Adel Kasbar, individually and as offcers of said corporation, and re- Dccision and Order 76 F.

spondents ' representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, in connection with the advertising, offering for sale, sale or distribution of quiled interlining materials or other products, in commerce, as ucommerce " is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act, do forthwith cease and desist from misrepresenting the character or amount of constituent fibers contained in such pr9ducts on invoices or shipping memoranda applicable thereto, or in any other manner. It 'is further ordered That the respondent corporation forthwith distribute a copy of this order to each of its operating divi- SlOns.

It is further ordered That the respondents herein shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon them, of this order, tie with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which they have complied with this order.