[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 39959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19239]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3591]


Mattel, 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 California-based 
corporation from representing that any aerosol product it sells offers 
any environmental benefit, unless it can substantiate the claim.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued June 23, 1995.\1\

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

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Friday, April 14, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 19068, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Mattel, 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.
    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. 95-19239 Filed 8-3-95; 8:45 am]
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