Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission, in submitting a Request For Public Comment Concerning Guides For The Dog And Cat Food Industry, is asking the American Public to assess guidelines for monitoring the pet food industry that have been in place since 1969. Since the basic thrust of the original guidelines was to control misrepresentation in the industry, it is hard to imagine that the public would disagree with the original intent of the guidelines. It would also …

…kept n balance. In a decade that has seen a continual debate about the limits and scope of government versus the role of government in protecting its citizenry, it is probably a good idea to let the public weigh in on the effectiveness of the original 1969 guidelines in a way that limits the cost of the survey, while assessing the effectiveness of the original guidelines, over and above already existing federal, state, and local laws.