§68c Stamp, Tag, Label, or Other Identification

Summary

Anyone who makes or first puts a wool product into the market must attach a stamp, tag, label, or other ID. The label must show the wool content and any other materials that make up 5 percent or more by weight, plus other required information. The label must stay on the product, even if it’s turned into clothing or parts of other items, until it is sold to the consumer. A substitute label is allowed if it has the same information. The substitute does not have to show the manufacturer’s name if it instead shows the name of the person who put the substitute on. Anyone who removes or damages a label on purpose to break these rules is treated as using unfair or deceptive business practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act. A package of wool items sold to the final buyer must also have the required label, unless the package is clear enough to read the product’s label. For hosiery sold in a package, you do not need a label on every single item if the package has a label that covers each hosiery item inside.