Rules and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act
- Citation
- 16 CFR Part 303
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Made by
- Federal Trade Commission
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (3 obligations)
Every textile fibre product, except those exempted or excluded under section 12 of the Act, must be labelled or invoiced in conformity with the Act and these regulations, and any advertising of such a product must conform to them as well.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel
- Markets
- US
Products required to be labelled under the Wool Products Labeling Act are governed by that Act instead. The record carries the general duty the part imposes. It does not enumerate the individual disclosures, exemptions and test conditions, which run to dozens of sections in the part itself.
Drafted from § 303.2, General requirements.
The required label must be affixed securely to each textile product, and where required to its package, conspicuously and durably enough to remain attached through distribution, sale and resale until the product is delivered to the ultimate consumer.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel
- Markets
- US
Drafted from § 303.15, Required label and method of affixing.
The label must disclose the generic names and percentages by weight of the constituent fibres present in amounts of five percent or more, excluding permissive ornamentation, in order of predominance by weight with any quantity designated as other fibre appearing last; the name or Commission-issued registered identification number of the manufacturer or of a person marketing or handling the product; and the name of the country where the product was processed or manufactured. All required information must be clearly legible, conspicuous and readily accessible to the prospective purchaser, and every part of the fibre content information must appear in type of equal size and conspicuousness.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- US
Fibres present below five percent are designated as other fibre unless they have a definite functional significance at the amount present, which section 303.3 governs. The country named is the country of processing or manufacture as provided for in section 303.33, not the country of sale. The required information may share a label with the care label required by 16 CFR part 423.
Drafted from § 303.16, Arrangement and disclosure of information on labels, subsections (a)(1) to (a)(3) and (b).
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