[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 5, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-16178]


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[Federal Register: July 5, 1994]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3495]

 

Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc.; 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, a Georgia pesticides 
corporation from advertising or representing that its pesticides used 
in its lawn care service programs are as safe as some common household 
products or that they pose no significant risk to human health or the 
environment, without possessing competent and reliable scientific 
evidence to substantiate the claims.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued May 25, 1994.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Dershowitz, FTC/S-4002, Washington, DC 20580. (202) 326-3158.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, April 14, 1993, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 58 FR 19444, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Orkin Exterminating Company, 
Inc., 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.
    A comment was 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. 94-16178 Filed 7-1-94; 8:45 am]
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