California and Hawaiian Sugar Company, et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices and Affirmative Corrective Actions

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This order reopens a 1977 consent order that settled allegations that the respondents deceptively advertised that sugar derived from Hawaiian sugar cane is different from or superior to other sugars, particularly those derived from beets. This order modifies the consent order so that the respondents may make claims about objective differences in granulated white sugars with respect to health, safety, nutritional quality, or purity, as long as it has competent and reliable evidence to substantiate such claims. The Commission found that the public interest warranted reopening and modifying the 1977 order.