[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 88 (Monday, May 9, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-11106] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: May 9, 1994] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION [Dkt. C-3492] Archer Daniels Midland Company; Prohibited Trade Practices, and Affirmative Corrective Actions AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. ACTION: Consent Order. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, an Illinois-based firm from making any claims, unless substantiated by competent and reliable scientific evidence, that any of its products or plastic product additives is degradable, biodegradable, or photodegradable when disposed of in sanitary landfills, or that such products or additives offer any environmental benefit compared to other products when disposed of as trash buried in a sanitary landfill or incinerated. DATES: Complaint and Order issued April 12, 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Dershowitz, FTC/S-4002, Washington, DC 20580. (202) 326-3158. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Thursday, January 21, 1993, there was published in the Federal Register, 58 FR 5394, a proposed consent agreement with analysis In the Matter of Archer Daniels Midland 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. Comments were 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. 94-11106 Filed 5-6-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M