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15 U.S.C. § 68fExclusion of misbranded wool products

submitted 86 years ago by ch. 871 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 285 words · no verdicts yet

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Imported wool products (except those made more than 20 years before import) must be properly labeled, and their customs invoices must include the same wool-content information. Faking or omitting that information is an unfair trade practice, and violators can be barred from importing unless they post a bond double the goods' value.

This section applies this subchapter's labeling rules to imports. All wool products imported into the United States — except those made more than twenty years before importation — must be stamped, tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified as this subchapter requires. Customs invoices for these products, required under the Act of June 17, 1930, must also include the wool-content information this subchapter requires, in addition to whatever that 1930 Act already requires, and that information must appear before the invoices are certified under the 1930 Act. Falsifying that information, failing to include it in the invoices, or falsifying or committing perjury on the consignee's declaration under the 1930 Act (as it relates to this information) counts as an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Anyone who does this can be barred by the Commission from importing, or helping import, wool products into the U.S., unless they file a bond with the Secretary of the Treasury for double the value of the wool products (plus any duty on them), conditioned on future compliance. The Secretary of the Treasury can also require, by regulation, a verified statement from the manufacturer or producer showing the products' fiber content as this subchapter requires.
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All wool products imported into the United States, except those made more than twenty years prior to such importation, shall be stamped, tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and all invoices of such wool products required under the Act of June 17, 1930 (c. 497, title IV, 46 Stat. 719), shall set forth, in addition to the matter therein specified, the information with respect to said wool products required under the provisions of this subchapter, which information shall be in the invoices prior to their certification under said Act of June 17, 1930.

The falsification of, or failure to set forth, said information in said invoices, or the falsification or perjury of the consignee’s declaration provided for in said Act of June 17, 1930, insofar as it relates to said information, 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 falsifies, or fails to set forth, said information in said invoices, or who falsifies or perjures said consignee’s declaration insofar as it relates to said information, may thenceforth be prohibited by the Commission from importing, or participating in the importation of, any wool products into the United States except upon filing bond with the Secretary of the Treasury in a sum double the value of said wool products and any duty thereon, conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this subchapter.

A verified statement from the manufacturer or producer of such wool products showing their fiber content as required under the provisions of this subchapter may be required under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Source credit: (Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 8, 54 Stat. 1132.)

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  • 1940Enacted · Act of Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871 · 54 Stat. 1132

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 871 on 1940-10-14.

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