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15 U.S.C. § 68c — Stamp, tag, label, or other identification
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**(a) Affixing; retention until sale** Any person manufacturing for introduction, or first introducing into commerce a wool product shall affix thereto the stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification required by this subchapter, and the same, or substitutes therefor containing identical information with respect to content of the wool product or any other products contained therein in an amount of 5 per centum or more by weight and other information required under [section 68b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section68b&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be and remain affixed to such wool product, whether it remains in its original state or is contained in garments or other articles made in whole or in part therefrom, until sold to the consumer: Provided, That the name of the manufacturer of the wool product need not appear on the substitute stamp, tag, or label if the name of the person who affixes the substitute appears thereon.
**(b) Removal or mutilation** Any person who shall cause or participate in the removal or mutilation of any stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification affixed to a wood 11 So in original. Probably should be “wool”. product with intent to violate the provisions of this subchapter, 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.
**(c) Packages of wool products** For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any package of wool products intended for sale to the ultimate consumer shall also be considered a wool product and shall have affixed to it a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification bearing the information required by [section 68b of this title
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**(a) Affixing; retention until sale** Any person manufacturing for introduction, or first introducing into commerce a wool product shall affix thereto the stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification required by this subchapter, and the same, or substitutes therefor containing identical information with respect to content of the wool product or any other products contained therein in an amount of 5 per centum or more by weight and other information required under [section 68b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section68b&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be and remain affixed to such wool product, whether it remains in its original state or is contained in garments or other articles made in whole or in part therefrom, until sold to the consumer: Provided, That the name of the manufacturer of the wool product need not appear on the substitute stamp, tag, or label if the name of the person who affixes the substitute appears thereon.
**(b) Removal or mutilation** Any person who shall cause or participate in the removal or mutilation of any stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification affixed to a wood 11 So in original. Probably should be “wool”. product with intent to violate the provisions of this subchapter, 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.
**(c) Packages of wool products** For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any package of wool products intended for sale to the ultimate consumer shall also be considered a wool product and shall have affixed to it a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification bearing the information required by [section 68b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section68b&num=0&edition=prelim), with respect to the wool products contained therein, unless such package of wool products is transparent to the extent that it allows for the clear reading of the stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification affixed to the wool product, or in the case of hosiery items this section shall not be construed as requiring the affixing of a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification to each hosiery product contained in a package if (1) such hosiery products are intended for sale to the ultimate consumer in such package, (2) such package has affixed to it a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification bearing, with respect to the hosiery products contained therein, the information required by [section 68b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section68b&num=0&edition=prelim),22 See Codification note. and (3) the information on the stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification affixed to such package is equally applicable with respect to each hosiery product contained therein.
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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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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 68c
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘wool’’.
2 See Codification note.
(f) Location of label, etc.
For purposes of this subchapter, any wool
product shall be misbranded if a stamp, tag,
label, or other identification conforming to the
requirements of this section is not on or affixed
to the inside center of the neck midway between
the shoulder seams or, if such product does not
contain a neck, in the most conspicuous place
on the inner side of such product, unless it is on
or affixed on the outer side of such product or in
the case of hosiery items, on the outer side of
such product or package.
(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 4, 54 Stat. 1129; Pub. L.
96–242, § 2, May 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 344; Pub. L.
98–417, title III, §§ 304, 305, Sept. 24, 1984, 98 Stat.
1604; Pub. L. 109–428, § 2(a), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat.
2913.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2006—Subsec. (a)(5), (6). Pub. L. 109–428 added pars. (5)
and (6).
1984—Subsec. (a)(2)(D). Pub. L. 98–417, § 304, added sub-
par. (D).
Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 98–417, § 305, added subsecs. (e)
and (f).
1980—Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 96–242 substituted ‘‘re-
cycled wool’’ for ‘‘reprocessed wool’’ as cl. (2), struck
out cl. (3) ‘‘reused wool’’, and redesignated existing cls.
(4) and (5) as (3) and (4), respectively.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2006 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 109–428, § 2(b), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 2915, pro-
vided that: ‘‘The amendments made by this section
[amending this section] shall apply to wool products
manufactured on or after January 1, 2007.’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 98–417, title III, § 307, Sept. 24, 1984, 98 Stat.
1605, provided that: ‘‘The amendments made by this
title [amending this sec
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