United States Code
TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2 - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION
OF EXPORT TRADE
68a. Misbranding declared unlawful
The introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into commerce, or the
sale, transportation, or distribution, in commerce, of any wool product
which is misbranded within the meaning of this subchapter or the rules
and regulations hereunder, is unlawful and shall be an unfair method of
competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce
under the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.); and any
person who shall manufacture or deliver for shipment or ship or sell or
offer for sale in commerce, any such wool product which is misbranded
within the meaning of this subchapter and the rules and regulations hereunder
is guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive
act or practice, in commerce within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission
Act.
This section shall not apply -
(a) To any common carrier or contract carrier in respect to a wool product
shipped or delivered for shipment in commerce in the ordinary course of
its business; or
(b) To any person manufacturing, delivering for shipment, shipping, selling,
or offering for sale, for exportation from the United States to any foreign
country a wool product branded in accordance with the specifications of
the purchaser and in accordance with the laws of such country.
From A service of the Legal Information Institute.
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