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...demand substantiation for such statements as Shell's claims that it has a solution to oil spills with its "oil herder," a chemical pollution fighter, and that its offshore drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico are enhancing the environment for marine life. Within a few weeks, the FTC may ask the companies for data to back their claims. If the commission deems any ads misleading, it may demand that the companies run corrective ads. In that case, there could be a legal battle. The FTC has jurisdiction over product ads, but institutional ads may well be covered...
Roberta A. Ward, public information officer for the FTC in Boston, said yesterday that the commission would investigate the complaint...
...second-year law student filed a complaint yesterday with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that the Harvard Coop mislabeled the fur lining on the Coop's winter parkas. Christopher W. Altenbernd filed the complaint after the Coop stated last Tuesday that the fur on the parkas was actually coyote and not wolf as the coat labels said...
...turns out to be coyote "this would be a very clear violation of the Fur Products Labeling Act," Altenbernd said. The Act, passed in 1951, states that "a fur product shall be considered misbranded if its label contains any form of misrepresentation." The Act gives the FTC authority to enforce the provision...
...FTC Will Investigate...