[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4765-4766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2432]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3659]


Benckiser Consumer Products, 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 or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, the 
Connecticut-based company from misrepresenting that a portion of

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the revenue from the sale of any household cleaning products is donated 
to any organization. If the respondent chooses to make such claims in 
the future, the consent order requires the respondent to clearly and 
prominently disclose the method of determining the amount of the 
donation.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued May, 1996.\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:
Thomas Carter, Federal Trade Commission, Dallas Regional Office, 1999 
Bryan Street, Suite 2150, Dallas, TX 75201. (214) 979-9350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, March 13, 1996, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 10347, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Benckiser Consumer Products, 
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)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2432 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
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