Federal Trade Commission, Preliminary Staff Study (Precis): Self-Regulation—Product Standardization, Certification and Seals of Approval (April, 1972), at 1; (hereinafter cited as Precis).
2.
Ibid., at 2.
3.
See, for example, In re Society of the Plastics Industry, et al., file number 732 3040, consent orders provisionally accepted, 1974 (hereinafter cited as the Plastics Case).
4.
Precis, at 16.
5.
Plastics Case.
6.
38 Fed. Reg. 28276 (October 12, 1973).
7.
15 U.S.C. §2051 et seq.
8.
15 U.S.C. §2056.
9.
Ibid.
10.
15 U.S.C. §1, et seq.
11.
15 U.S.C. §41, et seq.
12.
C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co. v. United States, 197 F.2d 489 (9th Cir.), cert denied, 344 U.S. 892 (1952); Bond Crown & Cork Co. v. F.T.C., 176 F.2d (4th Cir. 1949); Fort Howard Paper Co. v. F.T.C., 156 F.2d 899 (7th Cir. 1946); Milk and Ice Cream Can Institute v. F.T.C., 152 F.2d 478 (7th Cir. 1946).
13.
BurnersRadiant, Inc. v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., 364 U.S. 656 (1961); Fashion Originators Guild v. F.T.C., 312 U.S. 457 (1941); Eastern States Lumber Ass'n. v. United States, 234 U.S. 600 (1914).
14.
National Macaroni Manufacturers Ass'n. v. F.T.C., 345 F.2d 421 (7th Cir. 1965).
15.
Chicago Board of Trade v. United States, 246 U.S. 231, 238 (1918).
16.
38 Fed. Reg. 28276 (October 12, 1974).
17.
Precis.
18.
Ibid., at 19, 20.
19.
Ibid.
20.
“FTC Order Settles Proceeding Involving Marketing of Plastics Presenting Fire Hazards; Rule Making Proceeding Instituted,”FTC Press Release (July 29, 1974).
