Sable Hair Farming/FTC
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Infomercial promoter of Sable Hair Farming System Jacqueline Sabal agrees to settle FTC charges that her anti-baldness claims were false and misleading, the commission announces Nov. 12. The settlement prohibits her from selling any product claiming to treat or prevent baldness. Sabal was barred from selling her purported baldness remedy in September when a U.S. federal court judge issued a preliminary injunction and asset freeze requested by FTC ("The Tan Sheet" Sept. 14, p. 17). The commission voted 3-1 to accept the consent judgment; the dissenting opinion was from Rexall
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