[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2587]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3700]
Wesley-Jessen Corporation; 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 requires, among other things, an
Illinois-based manufacturer of opaque contact lenses to divest, within
four months, the Pilkington Barnes Hind's opaque lens business to a
Commission-approved acquirer.
dates: Complaint and Order issued January 3, 1997.\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: Catharine Moscatelli, FTC/S-2308,
Washington, D.C. 20580. (202) 326-2749.
supplementary information: On Tuesday, October 8, 1996, there was
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 52799, a proposed consent
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Wesley-Jessen Corporation, 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 divest, as set
forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition of this
proceeding.
(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 731; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 38
Stat. 719, as amended; sec. 7, 38 Stat. 731, as amended; 15 U.S.C.
45, 18)
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2587 Filed 1-31-97 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
