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15 U.S.C. § 68a — Misbranding declared unlawful
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The introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into commerce, or the sale, transportation, or distribution, in commerce, of any wool product which is misbranded within the meaning of this subchapter or the rules and regulations hereunder, is unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act; and any person who shall manufacture or deliver for shipment or ship or sell or offer for sale in commerce, any such wool product which is misbranded within the meaning of this subchapter and the rules and regulations hereunder is guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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The introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into commerce, or the sale, transportation, or distribution, in commerce, of any wool product which is misbranded within the meaning of this subchapter or the rules and regulations hereunder, is unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act; and any person who shall manufacture or deliver for shipment or ship or sell or offer for sale in commerce, any such wool product which is misbranded within the meaning of this subchapter and the rules and regulations hereunder is guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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**(a) False identification; affixation of label, etc., contents** A wool product shall be misbranded—
(1) If it is falsely or deceptively stamped, tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified.
(2) If a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification, or substitute therefor under [section 68c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section68c&num=0&edition=prelim), is not on or affixed to the wool product and does not show—
(A) the percentage of the total fiber weight of the wool product, exclusive of ornamentation not exceeding 5 per centum of said total fiber weight, of (1) wool; (2) recycled wool; (3) each fiber other than wool if said percentage by weight of such fiber is 5 per centum or more; and (4) the aggregate of all other fibers: Provided, That deviation of the fiber contents of the wool product from percentages stated on the stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification, shall not be misbranding under this section if the person charged with misbranding proves such deviation resulted from unavoidable variations in manufacture and despite the exercise of due care to make accurate the statements on such stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification.
(B) the maximum percentage of the total weight of the wool product, of any nonfibrous loading, filling, or adulterating matter.
(C) the name of the manufacturer of the wool product and/or the name of one or more persons subject to [section 68a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section68a&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to such wool product.
(D) the name of the country where processed or manufactured.
(3) In the case of a wool product containing a fiber other than wool, if the percentages by weigh
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**(a) Avoidance of liability; requirements** No person shall be guilty under [section 68a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section68a&num=0&edition=prelim) if he establishes a guaranty received in good faith signed by and containing the name and address of the person residing in the United States by whom the wool product guaranteed was manufactured and/or from whom it was received, that said wool product is not misbranded under the provisions of this subchapter. Said guaranty shall be either (1) a separate guaranty specifically designating the wool product guaranteed, in which case it may be on the invoice or other paper relating to said wool product; or (2) a continuing guaranty filed with the Commission applicable to all wool products handled by a guarantor in such form as the Commission by rules and regulations may prescribe.
**(b) Furnishing false guaranty** Any person who furnishes a false guaranty, except a person relying upon a guaranty to the same effect received in good faith signed by and containing the name and address of the person residing in the United States by whom the wool product guaranteed was manufactured and/or from whom it was received, with reason to believe the wool product falsely guaranteed may be introduced, sold, transported, or distributed in commerce, is guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 68b
(h) The term ‘‘Territory’’ includes the insular
possessions of the United States and also any
Territory of the United States.
(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 2, 54 Stat. 1128; Pub. L.
96–242, § 1, May 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 344.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Act of September 26, 1914, referred to in subsec.
(f), is act Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, which is
classified generally to subchapter I (§ 41 et seq.) of this
chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see section 58 of this title and Tables.
The Federal Trade Commission Act approved March
21, 1938, referred to in subsec. (f), is act Mar. 21, 1938, ch.
49, 52 Stat. 111. For complete classification of this Act
to the Code, see Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1980—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–242, § 1(a), substituted
‘‘recycled wool’’ for ‘‘reprocessed wool’’ as term de-
fined, designated existing definition as cl. (1), and
added cl. (2).
Subsecs. (d) to (i). Pub. L. 96–242, § 1(b)–(d), redesig-
nated subsecs. (e) to (i) as (d) to (h), respectively, and,
in subsec. (d) as so redesignated, substituted ‘‘con-
taining wool or recycled wool’’ for ‘‘containing wool,
reprocessed wool, or reused wool’’. Former subsec. (d),
which defined term ‘‘reused wool’’, was struck out.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 96–242, § 3, May 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 344, provided
that: ‘‘The amendments made by this Act [amending
this section and section 68b of this title] shall take ef-
fect with respect to wool products manufactured on or
after the date sixty days after the date of enactment of
this Act [May 5, 1980].’’
EFFECTIVE DATE
Act Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 12, 54 Stat. 1133, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [this su
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