[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2442]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3657]
Mrs. Fields Cookies, 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
Utah-based corporation from misrepresenting the fat, saturated fat,
cholesterol or caloric content of baked food products.
DATES: Complaint and Order issued May 13, 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:
Phoebe Morse, Federal Trade Commission, Boston Regional Office, 101
Merrimac Street, Suite 810, Boston, MA. 02114-4719. (617)424-5960.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, March 6, 1996, there was
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 8939, a proposed consent
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Mrs. Fields Cookies, 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, 52)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2442 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
