[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: 16CFR303.14]

[Page 228-229]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 303_RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS 
IDENTIFICATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 303.14  Products containing unknown fibers.

    (a) Where a textile fiber product is made from miscellaneous scraps, 
rags, odd lots, secondhand materials, textile by-products, or waste 
materials of unknown, and for practical purposes, undeterminable fiber 
content, the required fiber content disclosure may, when truthfully 
applicable, in lieu of the fiber content disclosure otherwise required 
by the Act and regulations, indicate that such product is composed of 
miscellaneous scraps, rags, odd lots, textile by-products, secondhand 
materials (in case of secondhand materials, words of like import may be 
used) or waste materials, as the case may be, of unknown or undetermined 
fiber content, as for example:

Made of miscellaneous scraps of undetermined fiber content
100% unknown fibers--rags
All undetermined fibers--textile by-products
100% miscellaneous odd lots of undetermined fiber content
Secondhand materials--fiber content unknown
Made of unknown fibers--waste materials

    (b) Where a textile fiber product is made in part from miscellaneous 
scraps, rags, odd lots, textile by-products, second-hand materials or 
waste materials of unknown and, for practical purposes, undeterminable 
fiber content together with a percentage of known or determinable 
fibers, the required fiber content disclosure may, when truthfully 
applicable, in lieu of the fiber content disclosure otherwise required 
by the Act and regulations, indicate the percentage of miscellaneous 
scraps, rags, odd lots, secondhand materials (in case of secondhand 
materials, words of like import may be used), textile by-products, or 
waste materials of unknown or undetermined fiber content and the 
percentage of known fibers, as for example:

45% Rayon
30% Acetate
25% Miscellaneous scraps of undetermined fiber content.


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60% Cotton
40% Unknown fibers--waste materials.

40% Acrylic
20% Modacrylic
40% Undetermined fibers--odd lots.

50% Polyester
30% Cotton
20% Textile by-products of undetermined fiber content.

50% Rayon
50% Secondhand materials--fiber content unknown.

45% Acetate
30% Cotton
25% Miscellaneous rags--undetermined fiber content.

    (c) No representation as to fiber content shall be made as to any 
textile product or any portion of a textile fiber product designated as 
composed of unknown or undetermined fibers. If any such representation 
is made, a full and complete fiber content disclosure shall be required.
    (d) Nothing contained in this section shall excuse a full disclosure 
as to fiber content if the same is known or practically ascertainable.

[25 FR 4317, May 14, 1960]