Beatrice Foods Co., Inc.
Volume 68 · 68 F.T.C. 286
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IN THE MATTER OF BEATRICE FOODS CO., INC., ET AL.
ORDER OPINIONS, ETC. , IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SECS. 2(a) AND 2(d) OF THE CLAYTON ACT Docket 7599. Complaint, Sept. 28. 1959-Decision, July, 1965 Order adopting in part the findings of fact in the initial decision of the hear ing examiner and dismissing the complaint which charged a major dairy products company with headquarters in Chicago, Ill., with granting dis. criminatory discounts to certain retail grocery stores and discriminatory promotional allowances to others.
COMPLAINT The Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that respondents Beatrice Foods Co., Inc., and Eskay Dairy Company, Inc., have violated and are now violating the provisions of sub. sections (a) and (d) of Section 2 of the Clayton Act, as amended (15 U. , Sec. 13), hereby issues its complaint, charging as follows:
COUNT I PARAGRAPH 1. Respondent Beatrice Foods Co., Inc., hereinafter referred to as "Beatrice " is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal offce Complaint 68 F.
It is further ordered That respondents Peter Pan Yam Corp. and King Arthur Yam Corp. , corporations, and their officers, and Morris Batansky, individually and as an officer of said corporations and respondents' representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, in connection with the advertising, offering for sale, sale or distribution of yarn or any other textile products in commerce, as "commerce" is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act, do forthwith cease and desist from misrepresenting the character or amount of constituent fibers contained in yarn or any other textile products in advertisements or on invoices or shipping memoranda applicable thereto or in any other manner.
It is further ordered That the respondents herein shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon them of this order, file with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the man. ner and form in which they have complied with this order.