[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR303.16]

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                     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. 303.16  Arrangement and disclosure of information on labels.

    (a) Subject to the provisions of Sec. 303.15(b), information 
required by the Act and regulations in this part may appear on any label 
or labels attached

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to the textile fiber product, including the care label required by 16 
CFR part 423, provided all the pertinent requirements of the Act and 
regulations in this part are met and so long as the combination of 
required information and non-required information is not misleading. The 
required information shall include the following:
    (1) The generic names and percentages by weight of the constituent 
fibers present in the textile fiber product, excluding permissive 
ornamentation, in amounts of 5 percent or more and any fibers disclosed 
in accordance with Sec. 303.3(a) shall appear in order of predominance 
by weight with any percentage of fiber or fibers required to be 
designated as ``other fiber'' or ``other fibers'' appearing last.
    (2) The name, provided for in Sec. 303.19, or registered 
identification number issued by the Commission, of the manufacturer or 
of one or more persons marketing or handling the textile fiber product.
    (3) The name of the country where such product was processed or 
manufactured, as provided for in Sec. 303.33.
    (b) All parts of the required information shall be set forth in such 
a manner as to be clearly legible, conspicuous, and readily accessible 
to the prospective purchaser. All parts of the fiber content information 
shall appear in type or lettering of equal size and conspicuousness.
    (c) Subject to the provisions of Sec. 303.17, any non-required 
information or representations placed on the product shall not minimize, 
detract from, or conflict with required information and shall not be 
false, deceptive, or misleading.
    (d) Non-deceptive terms which are properly and truthfully 
descriptive of a fiber may be used in conjunction with the generic name 
of such fiber; as for example: ``100 percent cross-linked rayon,'' ``100 
percent solution dyed acetate,'' ``100 percent combed cotton,'' ``100 
percent nylon 66,'' etc.

[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 25 FR 4317, May 14, 1960; 30 FR 
14254, Nov. 13, 1965; 30 FR 15313, Dec. 11, 1965; 50 FR 15107, Apr. 17, 
1985; 53 FR 31315, Aug. 18, 1988; 63 FR 7518, Feb. 13, 1998]