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Public Statement: Total Wine & More
Type of Public Statement:
Staff Letter
Case: Breathometer, Inc
Closing Letter: MillerCoors LLC (Coors Light and Coors Banquet)
June 30, 2014
Closing Letter: Devotion Spirits, Inc.
October 3, 2012
Press Release: FTC Orders Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturers to Provide Data for Agency's Fourth Major Study on Alcohol Advertising
The Federal Trade Commission has required 14 major alcoholic beverage advertisers to provide information for the agency’s fourth major study on the effectiveness of voluntary industry guidelines for reducing advertising and marketing to underage audiences by beer, wine, and distilled spirits...
Press Release: FTC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Information Requests to Alcohol Beverage Manufacturers
The Federal Trade Commission plans to begin a study of the self-regulatory efforts of the alcoholic beverage industry. This will serve as the basis for the FTC’s fourth major report on the effectiveness of voluntary industry guidelines for reducing advertising and marketing to underage audiences by...
The Federal Trade Commission today sent warning letters to four marketers of caffeinated alcohol drinks. Citing incidents “suggesting that alcohol containing added caffeine presents unusual risks to health and safety,” the FTC letters warned that marketing of such beverages may constitute an unfair...
Underage alcohol use is a widespread problem with significant health and safety consequences. This is the third Federal Trade Commission report on efforts by the alcohol industry to reduce the likelihood that alcohol advertising will target youth, by its placement or content. This report provides...
Report: Alcohol Marketing and Advertising: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress (September 2003)
The Conferees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees directed the Federal Trade Commission to study the impact on underage consumers of ads for new flavored malt beverages, and whether the beverage alcohol industry has implemented the recommendations contained in the Commission’s 1999...
This report responds to a recent request from the Congressional Committees on Appropriations that the FTC examine the effectiveness of the alcohol industry's voluntary guidelines for advertising and marketing to underage audiences. The report provides company-specific information, supplied in...
Public Statement: FTC Policy Statement on Deception
Type of Public Statement:
Policy Statement
Public Statement: FTC Policy Statement Regarding Advertising Substantiation
Type of Public Statement:
Policy Statement
Appended to Thompson Medical Co., 104 F.T.C. 648, 839 (1984), aff’d, 791 F.2d 189 (D.C. Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1086 (1987). Introduction On March 11, 1983, the Commission published a notice requesting comments on its advertising substantiation program. 1 To facilitate analysis of the...
Public Statement: FTC Policy Statement on Unfairness
Type of Public Statement:
Policy Statement
Appended to International Harvester Co., 104 F.T.C. 949, 1070 (1984). See 15 U.S.C. § 45(n). The Honorable Wendell H. Ford Chairman, Consumer Subcommittee Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Room 130 Russell Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable John C. Danforth...
