Viviano Macaroni Company

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representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, do forthwith cease and desist from furnishing a false guaranty that any textile fiber product is not misbranded or falsely invoiced under the provisions of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act.

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 manner and form in which they have complied with this order.

IN THE MATTER OF

VIVIANO MACARONI COMPANY

ORDER, OPINION, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SEC. 2 (a), 2 (d) AND 2 (e) OF THE CLAYTON ACT

Docket 8666. Complaint, Sept. 21, 1965—Decision, Feb. 19, 1968

Order requiring a Carnegie, Pa., manufacturer of macaroni and other food products to cease discriminating in prices, promotional allowances and services in sales to competing retailers who resell its products.

COMPLAINT*

The Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that the party respondent named in the caption hereof, and hereinafter more particularly designated and described, has violated, and is now violating the provisions of subsections (a), (d) and (e) of Section 2 of the Clayton Act, as amended (U.S.C., Title 15, Sec. 13), hereby issues its complaint, stating its charges with respect thereto as follows:

COUNT I

PARAGRAPH 1. Respondent, Viviano Macaroni Company is a corporation organized, existing, and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with its office and principal place of business located on Noblestown Road, Collier Township, Pennsylvania. Mail addressed to respondent is directed

*Reported as amended by Hearing Examiner's order of Dec. 21, 1965, by changing the name of respondent from Vimco Macaroni Products Company to Viviano Macaroni Company.

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309 Complaint

It is further ordered, That respondents Congress Sportswear Company, Inc., a corporation, and its officers, and Norman F. Grossman, individually and as an officer of said corporation, and respondents' representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, do forthwith cease and desist from furnishing a false guaranty that any textile fiber product is not misbranded or falsely invoiced under the provisions of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act.

It is further ordered, That the respondents herein shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon them of this order, file with the