[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: 16CFR303.6]

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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. 303.6  Generic names of fibers to be used.

    (a) Except where another name is permitted under the Act and 
regulations, the respective generic names of all fibers present in the 
amount of 5 per centum or more of the total fiber weight of the textile 
fiber product shall be used when naming fibers in the required 
information; as for example: ``cotton,'' ``rayon,'' ``silk,'' ``linen,'' 
``nylon,'' etc.
    (b) Where a textile fiber product contains the hair or fiber of a 
fur-bearing animal present in the amount 5 per centum or more of the 
total fiber weight of the product, the name of the animal producing such 
fiber may be used in setting forth the required information, provided 
the name of such animal is used in conjunction with the words ``fiber,'' 
``hair,'' or ``blend;'' as for example:

80 percent Rabbit hair.
20 percent Nylon.

 or

80 percent Silk.
20 percent Mink fiber.

    (c) The term fur fiber may be used to describe the hair or fur fiber 
or mixtures thereof of any animal or animals other than the sheep, lamb, 
Angora goat, Cashmere goat, camel, alpaca, llama or vicuna where such 
hair or fur fiber or mixture is present in the

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amount of 5 per centum or more of the total fiber weight of the textile 
fiber product and no direct or indirect representations are made as to 
the animal or animals from which the fiber so designated was obtained; 
as for example:

60 percent Cotton.
40 percent Fur fiber.

 or

50 percent Nylon.
30 percent Mink hair.
20 percent Fur fiber.

    (d) Where textile fiber products subject to the Act contain (1) wool 
or (2) recycled wool in amounts of five per centum or more of the total 
fiber weight, such fibers shall be designated and disclosed as wool or 
recycled wool as the case may be.

[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 45 FR 44263, July 1, 1980]