[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23795]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Dkt. C-3593]


Nature's Bounty, Inc., et al.; 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 requires, among other things, the New York-based company 
and two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries to pay $250,000 to the 
Commission for possible use for consumer redress, and requires them to 
have substantiation for specific health-related representations they 
make in advertising and promoting any product in the future.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued July 21, 1995.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
Commissioner Azcuenaga's statement 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:
Justin Dingfelder or Peter Metrinko, FTC/S-4631, Washington, DC 20580. 
(202) 326-3017 or 326-2104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Thursday, May 11, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 25218, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Nature's Bounty, Inc., et al., 
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, 52)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-23795 Filed 9-25-95; 8:45 am]
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