Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102

§68a Misbranding Declared Unlawful

Title 15 › CHAPTER 2 — FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION › SUBCHAPTER III — LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS › § 68a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

It is illegal to make, bring into business, sell, ship, or distribute any wool product that is labeled or described incorrectly under these rules. Doing any of those things with such a mislabelled wool product is treated as unlawful, unfair business behavior and a deceptive act under the Federal Trade Commission Act. There are two exceptions. The rule does not apply to common or contract carriers just doing their normal shipping work. It also does not apply when someone ships wool products out of the United States that are labeled exactly as the foreign buyer requested and that follow that foreign country's laws.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §68a

Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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; 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.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 68a

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102