ZOTOS INTERN., INC. v. YOUNG

No. 86-5614.

830 F.2d 350 (1987)

ZOTOS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Appellant, v. Frank E. YOUNG, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William I. Althen, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Melvin S. Drozen, Associate Chief Counsel for Enforcement, Food and Drug Admin., with whom Thomas Scarlett, Chief Counsel, Food and Drug Admin., Rockville, Md., Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., John R. Fleder, Director, Office of Consumer Litigation and Gerald C. Kell, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before MIKVA and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, Senior District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Zotos International, Inc. manufactures a number of hair care products, using an ingredient whose identity it contends is a trade secret — hereafter referred to as the "secret ingredient." Regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration under § 5(c)(3)(B) of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (the "Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 1454(c)(3)(B) (1982), require that...

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