For Your
Information: December 27, 2000
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions:
Amendments to Commission rules and regulations:
The Commission has approved amendments to the following: The FTC's Rules and
Regulations Under the Fur Products Labeling Act (Fur Rules). The amendments were
made pursuant to the Dog and Cat Protection Act of 2000, which prohibits importing,
exporting, manufacturing, selling, advertising, transporting or distributing any product
made of dog or cat fur within the United States. It also amends the Fur Products Labeling
Act to exclude dog or cat fur products from the items the Commission may exempt from fur
labeling requirements because they contain only a small amount of fur. Accordingly, the
Fur Rules amendment, which will be detailed shortly in the Federal Register, states that
the exemption does not apply to dog and cat fur products. Because the amendments are
technical in nature, public comment is not necessary and the requirements of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act do not apply. The amended rules will take effect 30 days after
their publication in the Federal Register. The Commission vote to amend the rules and
regulations was 5-0. (File No. P948403; staff contact is Carol J. Jennings, 202-326-3010,
or Stephen Ecklund 202-326-2841, Bureau of Consumer Protection.)
Commission action regarding application for approval:
Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on a request from the
following: E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Company. In its request,
submitted to the FTC on April 5, 2000 and amended on September 19, 2000, the company asked
for in camera (nonpublic) treatment for an additional 10 years of 21 pages of
certain exhibits that are part of the adjudicative record in Docket No. 9108. The
Commission vote to approve the application was 5-0. (Docket No. D-9108; staff contact is
Sandra M. Vidas, Office of the General Counsel, 202-326-2456.) |