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Performance representations not based on adequate and proper tests

The Competition Act prohibits any representation in the form of a statement, warranty or guarantee of the performance, efficacy or length of life of any given product, not based on adequate and proper testing. The onus is on the person making the representation to prove that the representation is based on an adequate and proper test.

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