[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: 16CFR303.40]

[Page 239]
 
                     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. 303.40  Use of terms in written advertisements that imply presence 
of a fiber.

    The use of terms in written advertisements, including advertisements 
disseminated through the Internet and similar electronic media, that are 
descriptive of a method of manufacture, construction, or weave, and that 
by custom and usage are also indicative of a textile fiber or fibers, or 
the use of terms in such advertisements that constitute or connote the 
name or presence of a fiber or fibers, shall be deemed to be an 
implication of fiber content under section 4(c) of the Act, except that 
the provisions of this section shall not be applicable to non-deceptive 
shelf or display signs in retail stores indicating the location of 
textile fiber products and not intended as advertisements.

[63 FR 7523, Feb. 13, 1998]