FTC seeks comments from the public regarding the changes, and whether the Watch Guides instead should be rescinded in their entirety. Review of the Watch Guides is part of FTC's ongoing regulatory reform program, designed to revise or, as necessary, rescind outdated rules and guides. September 2, 1997. FTC staff said the websites will be revisited soon and that further action may be taken thereafter if warranted. This consent judgment is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by the defendants of law violations.
Consent judgments have the force of law when signed by the judge.
X960120, Civil Action No. So said Monique Julien, professor of nutrition at the University of Montreal. The lack of nutrition information makes it difficult for consumers to follow the advice to limit their consumption of fat, sugar, and sodium. Over 100 nutrition professors, physicians, and other health professionals from British Columbia to Nova Scotia also endorsed the report. But in most supermarkets around the country, that advice is impossible to follow.