[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1610.35]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1610_STANDARD FOR THE FLAMMABILITY OF CLOTHING TEXTILES--Table 
of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Rules and Regulations
 
Sec.  1610.35  Procedures for testing special types of textile fabrics 
under the standard.

    (a) Fabric not customarily washed or dry cleaned. (1) Except as 
provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, any textile fabric or 
article of wearing apparel which, in its normal and customary use as 
wearing apparel would not be dry cleaned or washed, need not be dry 
cleaned or washed as prescribed in Sec.  Sec.  1610.4(d) and 1610.4(e) 
when tested

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under the standard if such fabric or article of wearing apparel, when 
marketed or handled, is marked in a clear and legible manner with the 
statement: ``Fabric may be dangerously flammable if dry cleaned or 
washed.'' An example of the type of fabric referred to in this paragraph 
is bridal illusion.
    (2) Section 1610.4(a)(4), which requires that certain samples shall 
be dry cleaned or washed before testing, shall not apply to disposable 
fabrics and garments. Additionally, such disposable fabrics and garments 
shall not be subject to the labeling requirements set forth in 
paragraph(a)(1) of this section.
    (b) A coated fabric need not, upon test under the procedures 
outlined in subpart A of part 1610, be dry cleaned as set forth in Sec.  
1610.4(d).
    (c) In determining whether a textile fabric having a raised-fiber 
surface, which surface is to be used in the covered or unexposed parts 
of articles of wearing apparel, is so highly flammable as to be 
dangerous when worn by individuals, only the opposite surface or surface 
intended to be exposed need be tested under the applicable procedures 
set forth in section 4(a) of the act, providing an invoice or other 
paper covering the marketing or handling of such fabric is given which 
clearly designates that the raised-fiber surface is to be used only in 
the covered or unexposed parts of articles of wearing apparel.
    (d) A textile fabric which is less than six inches in width need 
only, upon test under the procedures outlined in subpart A of part 1610, 
be tested in a lengthwise direction.

[40 FR 59891, Dec. 30, 1975, as amended at 50 FR 51671, Dec. 19, 1985]