§ 68a. — Misbranding declared unlawful.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC68a]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND
PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
SUBCHAPTER III--LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS
Sec. 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; 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.
(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, Sec. 3, 54 Stat. 1129.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 68b, 68e, 68g, 68h of this
title.
