SEC chairwoman Mary Jo White said the regulator had no option other than to pass the rule, which passed in a 3-2 vote, with the two Republican commissioners voting against.
After three years and many big fights, five big regulatory agencies have voted to pass the rule: the Federal Reserve, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
If passed, the rules would significantly curtail the number of health claims made on labels beginning in 2005.
"Parliament when passing the rules specifically maintained these proceedings as private, and denied members of the public admission.
If passed, the rules would give regulators the ability to require a company with control of a majority of the Mexican market to divest some assets or submit to special rules to prevent it from abusing its market dominance.
There has been no great consideration of wider issues affecting football, and the clubs have voted from their own self-interest or peculiarities of opinion, passing the rules by the narrowest required majority.
Since Sarbanes-Oxley was passed, the rules related to the calculation of tax provision have become much more stringent.
