[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR301.41]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 301_RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER FUR PRODUCTS LABELING ACT--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 301.41  Maintenance of records.

    (a) Pursuant to section 3(e) and section 8(d)(1), of the Act, each 
manufacturer or dealer in fur products or furs (including dressers, 
dyers, bleachers and processors), irrespective of whether any guaranty 
has been given or received, shall maintain records showing all of the 
required information relative to such fur products or furs in such 
manner as will readily identify each fur or fur product manufactured or 
handled. Such records shall show:
    (1) That the fur product contains or is composed of natural, 
pointed, bleached, dyed, tip-dyed or otherwise artificially colored fur, 
when such is the fact;
    (2) That the fur product contains used fur, when such is the fact;
    (3) The name or names (as set forth in the Fur Products Name Guide) 
of the animal or animals that produced the fur;
    (4) That the fur product is composed in whole or in substantial part 
of paws, tails, bellies, sides, flanks, gills, ears, throats, heads, 
scrap pieces, or waste fur, when such is the fact;
    (5) The name of the country of origin of any imported furs used in 
the fur products;

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    (6) The name, or other identification issued and registered by the 
Commission, of one or more of the persons who manufacture, import, sell, 
advertise, offer, transport or distribute the fur product in commerce.
    (7) The item number assigned, or reassigned, to each fur or fur 
product as set out in Sec. 301.40
    (b) The purpose of the records is to permit a determination that the 
requirements of the Act and Regulations have been met and to establish a 
traceable line of continuity from raw material through processing to 
finished product. The records shall be preserved for at least three 
years.

[53 FR 31315, Aug. 18, 1988]