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[FR Doc No: 94-11106]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Dkt. C-3492]

 

Archer Daniels Midland Company; Prohibited Trade Practices, and 
Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent Order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
consent order prohibits, among other things, an Illinois-based firm 
from making any claims, unless substantiated by competent and reliable 
scientific evidence, that any of its products or plastic product 
additives is degradable, biodegradable, or photodegradable when 
disposed of in sanitary landfills, or that such products or additives 
offer any environmental benefit compared to other products when 
disposed of as trash buried in a sanitary landfill or incinerated.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued April 12, 1994.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint, and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
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Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Dershowitz, FTC/S-4002, Washington, DC 20580. (202) 326-3158.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Thursday, January 21, 1993, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 58 FR 5394, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Archer Daniels Midland 
Company, for the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested 
parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, 
suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the order.

    Comments were filed and considered by the Commission. The 
Commission has ordered the issuance of the complaint in the form 
contemplated by the agreement, made its jurisdictional findings and 
entered an order to cease and desist, as set forth in the proposed 
consent agreement, in disposition of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-11106 Filed 5-6-94; 8:45 am]
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