US Wool Products Labeling — 16 CFR Part 300
- Citation
- 16 CFR Part 300
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Made by
- Federal Trade Commission
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (4 obligations)
Each and every wool product subject to the Act must be marked by a stamp, tag, label or other means of identification, in conformity with the Act and the rules and regulations under it.
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
Wool products carry their own labelling regime separate from the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act rules at Part 303. Meeting Part 303 does not discharge this.
Quoted from 16 CFR § 300.2, "General requirement", eCFR snapshot 2026-08-01.
The word "all" or the term "100%" may be used with a correct fiber name only where the fabric or product is composed wholly of one kind of fiber. Where the product is composed wholly of one fiber except for fiber ornamentation not exceeding 5%, those terms may still be used provided they are immediately followed by the phrase "exclusive of ornamentation" or a phrase of like meaning.
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
The 5 % allowance is conditional on the qualifying phrase, and the rule requires it IMMEDIATELY after the term. A label reading "100% Wool" on a garment with 4 % ornamentation is not saved by the allowance — the allowance is what permits "100% Wool — Exclusive of Ornamentation", not what permits omitting it.
Quoted from § 300.17.
The terms "virgin" or "new", used to describe a wool product or any fiber or part of it, may not be used where the product, fiber or part so described is not composed wholly of new or virgin fiber that has never been reclaimed from any spun, woven, knitted, felted, braided, bonded or otherwise manufactured or used product.
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
An absolute test with no tolerance: "wholly" of never-reclaimed fibre. The list of what counts as reclaimed is deliberately wide — spun, woven, knitted, felted, braided, bonded or otherwise manufactured — so mill waste that has been through any of those processes defeats the term. It also applies to a PART of a product, so a virgin claim on one component is testable on that component.
Quoted from § 300.20.
Country of origin labelling follows four cases. An imported wool product must be labelled with the country where it was processed or manufactured. A product completely made in the United States of US-made materials must use "Made in U.S.A." or a clear equivalent. A product made in the United States wholly or partly of imported materials must disclose those facts, for example "Made in USA of imported fabric". A product partially manufactured abroad and partially in the United States must state on a label the manufacturing process in the foreign country and in the USA.
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
Not "say where it was made" — four distinct rules, and the third and fourth are the ones a cut-and-sew operation actually falls into. A garment sewn in the USA from imported fabric may not simply say "Made in USA"; the imported materials must be disclosed. Mail order advertising has its own rule at § 300.25a, which is not recorded here.
Quoted from § 300.25(a), paragraphs (1) to (4).
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