Alterman Foods, Inc

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In tee Marrer or SOL L. SILVERSTEIN & CO., INC., ET AL.

CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE FLAMMABLE FABRICS ACTS Docket C-2096. Complaint, Nov. 15, 1971—Dccision, Nov. 15, 1971 Consent order requiring an importer of Los Angeles, Calif., to cease marketing dangerously flammable products in violation of the Flammable Fabrics Act. ComMPLAINT Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Acts, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Sol L. Silverstein & Co., Inc., a corporation, and Sol L. Silverstein and Robert Silverstein, individually and as officers of said corporation, hereinafter referred to as respondents have violated the provisions of said Acts and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, 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: Paracrari 1. Respondent Sol L. Silverstein & Co., Inc., is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, with its office and principal place of business located at 849 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California.

Respondents Sol L. Silverstein and Robert Silverstein are officers 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 the said corporation.

Par. 2 - Respondents are now, and for some time last past have been, engaged in the importation and distribution of ladies’ and misses’ wearing apparel, including, but not limited to, ladies’ scarves. Par. 3. Respondents are now and for some time last past have been engaged in the sale and offering for sale, in commerce, and have introduced, delivered for introduction, transported and caused to be transported in commerce, and have sold or delivered after sale or shipment in commerce, products, as the terms “commerce,” and “product” are defined in the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, which products fail to conform to an applicable standard or regulation continued in effect, issued or amended under the provisions of the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended.

983A Decision and Order Among such products mentioned hereinabove were ladies’ and misses’ scarves.

Par. 4. The aforesaid acts and practices of respondents were and are in violation of the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and as such 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.

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 Los Angeles Regional Office 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 Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended; 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 settlement 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 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 Section 2.84(b) of its rules, the Commission hereby issues its complaint, makes the following jurisdictional findings and enters the following order :

1. Respondent Sol L. Silverstein & Co., Inc., is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, with its principal place of business located at 849 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California. Respondents Sol L. Silverstein and Robert Silverstein are officers of said corporation. They formulate, direct and control the policies,