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Topic: Ford Motor Company

Announced Actions for August 30, 1996

Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Date: 30 August 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Unless otherwise noted, the FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526.

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the orders binding on the respondents.

Ford Motor Company, of Dearborn, Michigan, and its advertising agency, Young & Rubicam, Inc., of New York City, settling charges that they made false claims about the extent to which Ford’s MicronAir Filtration System can remove air pollutants from its automobile passenger cabins. The order prohibits them from making broad pollution- removal claims for this or any similar system, and requires them to have substantiation for certain other air filter efficacy claims. (See April 9, 1996 news release for more details regarding the consent agreement; Docket Nos. Ford -- C-3679, Young & Rubicam -- C-3680; Commission votes to approve them as final were 5-0 on Aug. 22, 1996.) FTC staff contact is Linda K. Badger or Jeffrey Klurfeld, FTC San Francisco Regional Office, 415-356-5270.

Comments on the application and petition should be addressed to the FTC, Office of the Secretary, 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. Copies of the documents referenced above are available from the FTC’s Public Reference Branch, Room 130, at the same address; 202-326-2222; TTY for the hearing impaired 1-866-653-4261. To find out the latest news as it is announced, call the FTC NewsPhone recording at 202- 326-2710. FTC news releases and other materials also are available on the Internet at the FTC’s World Wide Web site at: http://www.ftc.gov

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