September 2004
Environmental Air Care fined $17,500 for misleading claims about insect control products
17 September 2004
Environmental Air Care Limited has been fined $17,500 and ordered to publish corrective advertising in the New Zealand Herald, Dominion Post and Press for making misleading claims about its Robocan time-dispensed insect control products, in breach of the Fair Trading Act.
Relates to: Fair Trading
Commerce Commission releases draft GM labelling guidelines
15 September 2004
The Commerce Commission invites submissions on a discussion paper that includes draft guidelines on the labelling of genetically modified foods and food products.
Relates to: Fair Trading
Contact Energy admits misleading customers about price increases
14 September 2004
Contact Energy Limited has acknowledged it breached the Fair Trading Act by providing misleading explanations to customers for electricity price changes earlier this year. In a settlement with the Commerce Commission, Contact Energy has agreed to apologise to affected consumers and network lines companies, publish public apology notices, make a $30,000 donation to the Citizens' Advice Bureaux and overhaul its compliance systems.
Relates to: Fair Trading
