A Florida company that sold a bed-bug control product through chain stores has agreed to refrain from making product claims that it can't back up with scientific evidence, according to a Federal Trade Commission statement on Monday.
The FTC alleged that RMB Group, LLC and its officers Howard and Bruce Brenner failed to back up "overhyped claims" that their product, "Rest Easy," a liquid containing cinnamon, lemon grass, peppermint and clove oils, was effective in killing and repelling bed bugs.
Rest Easy was sold at retail chains such as Bed Bath & Beyond, Walgreens and Big Lots.
The defendants admitted no wrong-doing. The settlement, awaiting court approval, imposes a $264,976 judgment, which is suspended "because of the defendants' inability to pay."
JANE FRIEDMANN
