Rule l4 - Products Containing Unknown Fibers.

(a) Where a textile fiber products is made from miscellaneous scraps, rags, odd lots, secondhand materials, textile by-products, or waste materials of unknown, and for practical purposes, undeterminable fiber content, the required fiber content disclosure may, when truthfully applicable, in lieu of the fiber content disclosure otherwise required by the Act and Regulations, indicate that such product is composed of miscellaneous scraps, rags, odd lots, textile by-products, secondhand materials (in case of secondhand materials, words of like import may be used) or waste materials, as the case may be, of unknown or undetermined fiber content, as for example:

Made of miscellaneous scraps of undetermined fiber content
100% unknown fibers - ragsAll undetermined fibers - textile by-products
100% miscellaneous odd lots of undetermined fiber content
Secondhand materials - fiber content unknown
Made of unknown fibers - waste materials.

(b) Where a textile fiber product is made in part from miscellaneous scraps, rags, odd lots, textile by-products, secondhand materials or waste materials of unknown and, for practical purposes, undeterminable fiber content together with a percentage of known or determinable fibers, the required fiber content disclosure may, when truthfully applicable, in lieu of the fiber content disclosure otherwise required by the Act and Regulations, indicate the percentage of miscellaneous scraps, rags, odd lots, secondhand materials, (in case of secondhand materials, words of like import may be used) textile

by-products, or waste materials of unknown or undeterminable fiber content and the percentage of known fibers, as for example:

45% Rayon
30% Acetate
25% Miscellaneous scraps of undetermined fiber content
60% Cotton
40% Unknown fibers - waste material
40% Acrylic
20% Modacrylic
40% Undetermined fibers - odd lots
50% Polyester
30% Cotton
20% Textile by-products of undetermined fiber content
50% Rayon
50% Secondhand materials - fiber content unknown
45% Acetate
30% Cotton
25% Miscellaneous rags - undetermined fiber content

(c) No representations as to fiber content shall be made as to any textile product or any portion of a textile fiber product designated as composed of unknown or undetermined fibers. If any such representation is made, a full and complete fiber content disclosure shall be required.

(d) Nothing contained in this Rule shall excuse a full disclosure as to fiber content if the same is known or practically ascertainable. [16 CFR 303.14, as amended, effective May 14, 1960.]