[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: 16CFR1611.35]

[Page 626-627]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1611_STANDARD FOR THE FLAMMABILITY OF VINYL PLASTIC FILM--Table 
of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Rules and Regulations
 
Sec.  1611.35  Testing certain classes of fabric and film.

    (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 (e) when 
tested under the Standard for the Flammability of Clothing Textiles 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) of the Standard for the Flammability of 
Clothing Textiles, 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)(1) Items which are subject to the Standard for the Flammability 
of Vinyl Plastic Film from which a test specimen 3 inches by 9 inches 
cannot be taken lengthwise to the direction of processing shall not be 
tested in the lengthwise direction.

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    (2) Items which are subject to the Standard for the Flammability of 
Vinyl Plastic Film from which a test specimen 3 inches by 9 inches 
cannot be taken transverse to the direction of processing shall not be 
tested in the transverse direction.

[40 FR 59898, Dec. 30, 1975, as amended at 50 FR 51671, Dec. 19, 1985]