[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-19611]


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[Federal Register: August 11, 1994]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3504]

 

America's Favorite Chicken 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, a Georgia-based fast-food 
corporation from misrepresenting the extent to which any product or 
package is capable of being recycled, or the extent to which recycling 
collection programs are available for such products, and from making 
claims about any environmental benefit of its products or packaging 
unless it possesses competent and reliable scientific evidence to 
substantiate the claims.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued July 5, 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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
C. Steven Baker or Catherine Fuller, FTC/Chicago Regional Office, 55 
East Monroe St., Suite 1437, Chicago, IL. 60603. (312) 353-8156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Thursday, April 21, 1994, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 19015, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of America's Favorite Chicken 
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.
    No comments having been received, 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)
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-19611 Filed 8-10-94; 8:45 am]
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