An Act to protect consumers and others against misbranding, false advertising, and false invoicing of fur products and furs
PL 82-110 (H.R.2321), enacted 08/08/1951

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SEC. 5. Subparagraphs I (g), I (h), and III (a) of part III, 
Repeals. 
Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended (38 U. S. C, ch. 
12), are hereby repealed: Provided, That in the event any person 
receiving pension on the day prior to the effective date of this Act 
under the provisions of any of the laws mentioned in this section is 
not entitled to receive a higher rate of pension by reason of the enact-
ment of this Act, pension shall continue to be paid to such person 
under such laws. 
SEC. 6. The provisions of this Act shall be effective the first day 
Effective date. 
of the second calendar month following its enactment. 
Approved August 4, 1951. 
Public Law 109 
CHAPTER 297 
AN ACT 
To amend section 313 (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930. 
August 8, 1961 
[H. R. 2192] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United \States of America in Congress assembled, That section 313 (b) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 be amended to read as follows: 
"(b) SUBSTITUTION FOR DRAWBACK PURPOSES.—If imported duty-
paid sugar, or metal, or ore containing metal, or flaxseed or linseed, or 
flaxseed or linseed oil, and duty-free or domestic merchandise of the 
same kind and quality are used in the manufacture or production of 
articles within a period not to exceed one year from the receipt of such 
imported merchandise by the manufacturer or producer of such arti-
cles, there shall be allowed upon the exportation of any such articles, 
notwithstanding the fact that none of the imported merchandise may 
actually have been used in the manufacture or production of the 
exported articles, an amount of drawback equal to that which would 
have been allowable had the sugar, or metal, or ore containing metal, 
or flaxseed or linseed, or flaxseed or linseed oil, used therein been 
imported; but the total amount of drawback allowed upon the exporta-
tion of such articles, together with the total amount of drawback 
allowed in respect of such imported mercliandise under any other 
provision of law, shall not exceed 99 per centum of the duty paid on 
such imported merchandise." 
Approved August 8, 1951. 
Tariff Act of 1930, 
amendment. 
46 Stat. 590. 
19 U. S. C. § 1313. 
Public Law 110 
CHAPTER 
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AN ACT 
To protect consumers and others against misbranding, false advertising, and 
false invoicing of fur products and furs. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amsrica in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Fur Products Labeling Act". 
SEC. 2. As used in this Act— 
(a) The term "person" means an individual, partnership, corpora-
tion, association, business trust, or any organized group of any of the 
foregoing. 
(b) The term "fur" means any animal skin or part thereof with 
hair, fleece, or fur fibers attached thereto, either in its raw or processed 
state, but shall not include such skins as are to be converted into 
leather or which in processing shall have the hair, fleece, or fur fiber 
completely removed. 
August 8, 1951 
[H. R. 2321] 
Fur Products Label-
ing Act. 
Definitions. 
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(c) The term "used fur" means fur in any form which has been 
worn or used by an ultimate consumer. 
(d) The term "fur product" means any article of wearing apparel 
made in whole or in part of fur or used fur; except that such term 
shall not include such articles as the Commission shall exempt by 
reason of the relatively small quantity or value of the fur or used fur 
contained therein. 
(e) The term "waste fur" means the ears, throats, or scrap pieces 
which have been severed from the animal pelt, and shall include mats 
or plates made therefrom. 
(f) The term "invoice" means a written account, memorandum, 
list, or catalog, which is issued in connection with any commercial 
dealing in fur products or furs, and describes the particulars of any fur 
products or furs, transported or delivered to a purchaser, consignee, 
factor, bailee, correspondent, or agent, or any other person who is 
engaged in dealing commercially in fur products or furs. 
(g) The term "Commission" means the Federal Trade Commission, 
(h) The term "Federal Trade Commission Act" means the Act 
entitled "An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to define its 
powers and duties, and for other purposes", approved September 26, 
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(i) The term "Fur Products Name Guide" means the register issued 
by the Commission pursuant to section 7 of this Act. 
(j) The term "commerce" means commerce between any State, Ter-
ritory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, 
and any place outside thereof; or between points within the same State, 
Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but through any 
place outside thereof; or within any Territory or possession or the 
District of Columbia. 
(k) The term "United States" means the several States, the District 
of Columbia, and the Territories and possessions of the United States. 
MISBRANDING, FALSE ADVERTISING, AND INVOICING DECLARED UNLAWFUL 
SEC. 3. (a) The introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into 
commerce, or the sale, advertising or offering for sale in commerce, 
or the transportation or distribution in commerce, of any fur product 
which is misbranded or falsely or deceptively advertised or invoiced, 
within the meaning of this Act or the rules and regulations prescribed 
under section 8 (b), 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. 
(b) The manufacture for sale, sale, advertising, offering for sale, 
transportation or distribution, of any fur product which is made in 
whole or in part of fur which has been shipped and received in com-
merce, and which is misbranded or falsely or deceptively advertised 
or invoiced, within the meaning of this Act or the rules and regula-
tions prescribed under section 8 (b), is unlawful and shall be an unfair 
method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in 
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commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
(c) The introduction into commerce, or the sale, advertising or 
offering for sale in commerce, or the transportation or distribution in 
commerce, of any fur which is falsely or deceptively advertised or 
falsely or deceptively invoiced, within the meaning of this Act or the 
rules and regulations prescribed under section 8 (b), 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. 
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, it shall be 
unlawful to remove or mutilate, or cause or participate in the removal 
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or mutilation of, prior to the time any fur product is sold and delivered 
to the ultimate consumer, any label required by this Act to be affixed 
to such fur product, and any person violating this subsection is guilty 
of an unfair method of competition, and an unfair or deceptive act or 
practice, in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
(e) Any person introducing, selling, advertising, or offering for sale, 
in commerce, or processing for commerce, a fur product, or any person 
selling, advertising, offering for sale or processing a fur product which 
has been shipped and received in commerce, may substitute for the 
label affixed to such product pursuant to section 4 of this Act, a label 
conforming to the requirements of such section, and such label may 
show in lieu of the name or other identification show^n pursuant to 
section 4 (2) (E) on the label so removed, the name or other identi-
fication of the person making the substitution. 
Any person substi-
tuting a label shall keep such records as will show the information 
set forth on the label that he removed and the name or names of the 
person or persons from whom such fur product was received, and shall 
preserve such records for at least three years. Neglect or refusal to 
maintain and preserve such records is unlawful, and any person who 
shall fail to maintain and preserve such records shall forfeit to the 
United States the sum of $100 for each day of such failure which shall 
accrue to the United States and be recoverable by a civil action. 
Any 
person substituting a label who shall fail to keep and preserve such 
records, or who shall by such substitution misbrand a fur product, 
shall be guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an unfair or 
deceptive act or practice, in commerce under the Federal Trade Com-
mission Act. 
(f) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall not apply to 
any common carrier, contract carrier or freight forwarder in respect 
of a fur product or fur shipped, transported, or delivered for shipment 
in commerce in the ordinary course of business. 
38 Stat. 717. 
15 U. S. C. §58 
Penalty. 
Nonapplicabillty. 
MISBRANDED FUR PRODUCTS 
SEC. 4. For the purposes of this Act, a fur product shall be con-
sidered to be misbranded— 
(1) if it is falsely or deceptively labeled or otherwise falsely 
or deceptively identified, or if the label contains any form of mis-
representation or deception, directly or by implication, with 
respect to such fur product; 
(2) if there is not affixed to the fur product a label showing in 
words and figures plainly legible— 
(A) the name or names (as set forth in the Fur Products 
Name Guide) of the animal or animals that produced the 
fur, and such qualifying statement as may be required pur-
suant to section 7 (c) of this Act; 
(B) that the fur product contains or is composed of used 
fur, when such is the fact; 
(C) that the fur product contains or is composed of 
bleached, dyed, or otherwise artificially colored fur, when 
such is the fact; 
(D) that the fur product is composed in whole or in sub-
stantial part of paws, tails, bellies, or waste fur, when such 
is the fact; 
(E) the name, or other identification issued and registered 
by the Commission, of one or more of the persons who manu-
facture such fur product for introduction into commerce, 
introduce it into commerce, sell it in commerce, advertise or 
offer it for sale in commerce, or transport or distribute it in 
commerce; 
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(F) the name of the country of origin of any imported 
furs used in the fur product; 
(3) if the label required by paragraph (2) (A) of this section 
sets forth the name or names of any animal or animals other than 
the name or names provided for in such paragraph. 
FALSE ADVERTISING AND INVOICING OF FUR PRODUCTS AND FURS 
SEC. 5. (a) For the purposes of this Act, a fur product or fur shall 
be considered to be falsely or deceptively advertised if any advertise-
ment, representation, public announcement, or notice which is intended 
to aid, promote, or assist directly or indirectly in the sale or offering 
for sale of such fur product or fur— 
(1) does not show the name or names (as set forth in the Fur 
Products Name Guide) of the animal or animals that produced 
the fur, and such qualifying statement as may be required pur-
suant to section 7 (c) of this Act; 
(2) does not show that the fur is used fur or that the fur product 
contains used fur, when such is the fact; 
(3) does not show that the fur product or fur is bleached, dyed, 
or otherwise artificially colored fur when such is the fact; 
(4) does not show that the fur product is composed in whole 
or in substantial part of paws, tails, bellies, or waste fur, when 
such is the fact; 
(5) contains the name or names of any animal or animals other 
than the name or names specified in paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, or contains any form of misrepresentation or deception, 
directly or by implication, with respect to such fur product or fur; 
(6) does not show the name of the country of origin of any 
imported furs or those contained in a fur product. 
(b) For the purposes of this Act, a fur product or fur shall be 
considered to be falsely or deceptively invoiced— 
(1) if such fur product or fur is not invoiced to show— 
(A) the name or names (as set forth in the Fur Products 
Name Guide) of the animal or animals that produced the 
fur, and such qualifying statement as may be required pur-
suant to section 7 (c) of this Act; 
(B) that the fur product contains or is composed of used 
fur, when such is the fact; 
(C) that the fur product contains or is composed of 
bleached, dyed, or otherwise artificially colored fur, when 
such is the fact; 
(D) that the fur product is composed in whole or in sub-
stantial part of paws, tails, bellies, or waste fur, when such 
is the fact; 
(E) the name and address of the person issuing such in-
voice; 
(F) the name of the country of origin of any imported 
furs or those contained in a fur product; 
(2) if such invoice contains the name or names of any animal 
or animals other than the name or names specified in paragraph 
(1) (A) of this subsection, or contains any form of misrepre-
sentation or deception, directly or by implication, with respect to 
such fur product or fur. 
EXCLUSION O F M I S B R A N D E D OR F A L S E L Y INVOICED FUR PRODUCTS OR FURS 
SEC. 6. (a) Fur products imported into the United States shall be 
labeled so as not to be misbranded within the meaning of section 4 of 
this Act; and all invoices of fur products and furs required under title 
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IV of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, shall set forth, in addition 
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quirements of section 5 (b) of this Act, which information shall be 
included in the invoices prior to their certification under the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended, 
(b) The falsification of, or failure to set forth, said information in 
said invoices, or the falsification or perjury of the consignee's declara-
tion provided for in the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, insofar as it 
relates to said information, shall be an unfair method of competition, 
and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in conmierce under the 
Federal Trade Commission Act; and any person who falsifies, or fails 
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to set forth, said information in said invoices, or who falsifies or per-
jures said consignee's declaration insofar as it relates to said informa-
tion, may thenceforth be prohibited by the Commission from im-
porting, or participating in the importation of, any fur products or 
furs into the United States except upon filing bond with the Secretary 
of the Treasury in a sum double the value of said fur products and 
furs, and any duty thereon, conditioned upon compliance with the 
provisions of this section. 
(c) A verified statement from the manufacturer, producer of, or 
dealer in, imported fur products and furs showing information re-
quired under the provisions of this Act may be required under regula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
NAME GUIDE FOR FUR PRODUCTS 
SEC. 7. (a) The Commission shall, with the assistance and co- ouide^issuancl^^"'^ 
operation of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of 
the Interior, within six months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, issue, after holding public hearings, a register setting forth 
the names of hair, fleece, and fur-bearing animals, which shall be 
known as the Fur Products Name Guide. The names used shall be the 
true English names for the animals in question, or in the absence of 
a true English name for an animal, the'name by which such animal 
can be properly identified in the United States. 
(b) The Commission may, from time to time, with the assistance 
and cooperation of the Department of Agriculture and Department of 
the Interior, after holding public hearings, add to or delete from such 
register the name of any hair, fleece, or fur-bearing animal. 
(c) If the name of an animal (as set forth in the Fur Products 
Name Guide) connotes a geographical origin or significance other 
than the true country or place of origin of such animal, the Commis-
sion may require whenever such name is used in setting forth the 
information required by this Act, such qualifying statement as it may 
deem necessary to prevent confusion or deception. 
ENFORCEMENT OF T H E 
ACT 
SEC. 8. (a) (1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this 
Act, sections 3, 6, and 10 (b) of this Act shall be enforced by the 
Federal Trade Commission under rules, regulations, and procedure 
provided for in the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
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(2) The Commission is authorized and directed to prevent any per-
son from violating the provisions of sections 3, 6, and 10 (b) of this 
Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same juris-
diction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provi-
sions of the Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into 
and made a part of this Act; and any such person violating any pro-
vision of section 3, 6, or 10 (b) of this Act shall be subject to the 
penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in 
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Rules and regula-
tions. 
Records. 
said Federal Trade Commission Act as though the applicable terms 
and provisions of the said Federal Trade Commission Act were incor-
porated into and made a part of this Act. 
(b) The Commission is authorized and directed to prescribe rules 
and regulations governing the manner and form of disclosing informa-
tion required by this Act, ^nd such further rules and regulations as 
may be necessary and proper for purposes of administration and en-
forcement of this Act. 
(c) The Commission is authorized (1) to cause inspections, analyses, 
tests, and examinations to be made of any fur product or fur subject 
to this Act; and (2) to cooperate, on matters related to the purposes 
of this Act, with any department or agency of the Government; with 
any State, Territory, or possession, or with the District of Columbia; 
or with any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or 
with any person. 
(d) (1) Every manufacturer or dealer in fur products or furs shall 
maintain proper records showing the information required by this Act 
with respect to all fur products or furs handled by him, and shall 
preserve such records for at least three years. 
(2) The neglect or refusal to maintain and preserve such records 
is unlawful, and any such manufacturer or dealer who neglects or 
refuses to maintain and preserve such records shall forfeit to the 
United States the sum of $100 for each day of such failure which 
shall accrue to the United States and be recoverable by a civil action. 
38 Stat. 717. 
15 U. S. C. §58. 
CONDEMNATION AND I N J U N C T I O N PROCEEDINGS 
SEC. 9. (a) (1) Any fur product or fur shall be liable to be pro-
ceeded against in the district court of the United States for the district 
in which found, and to be seized for confiscation by process of libel 
for condemnation, if the Commission has reasonable cause to believe 
such fur product or fur is being manufactured or held for shipment, 
or shipped, or held for sale or exchange after shipment, in commerce, 
in violation of the provisions of this Act, and if after notice from 
the Commission the provisions of this Act with respect to such fur 
product or fur are not shown to be complied with. Proceedings in 
such libel cases shall conform as nearly as may be to suits in rem in 
admiralty, and may be brought b j the Commission. 
(2) If such fur products or furs are condemned by the court, they 
shall be disposed of, in the discretion of the court, by destruction, by 
sale, by delivery to the owner or claimant thereof upon payment of 
legal costs and charges and upon execution of good and sufficient bond 
to the effect that such fur or fur products will not be disposed of until 
properly marked, advertised, and invoiced as required under the pro-
visions of this Act; or by such charitable disposition as the court may 
deem proper. 
If such furs or fur products are disposed of by sale, the 
proceeds, less legal costs and charges, shall be paid into the Treasury 
of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. 
(b) Whenever the Commission has reason to believe that— 
(1) any person is volating, or is about to violate, section 3, 6, or 
10 (b) of this Act; and 
(2) it would be to the public interest to enjoin such violation 
until complaint is issued by the Commission under the Federal 
Trade Commission Act and such complaint dismissed by the 
Commission or set aside by the court on review, or until order to 
cease and desist made thereon by the Commission has become final 
within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 
the Commission may bring suit in the district court of the United 
States or in tlie United States court of any Territory, for tlie district 
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or Territory in which siicli person resides or transacts business, to 
enjoin such violation, and upon proper showing a temporary injunc-
tion or restraining order shall be granted without bond. 
GUARANIT 
SKC. 10. (a) No person shall be guilty under sect ion H if he establishes 
a guaranty received in good faitli signed by and containing the name 
and address of the person residing in the United States by whom the 
fur product or fur guaranteed was manufactured or from whom it 
was received, that said fur product is not misbranded or that said fur 
product or fur is not falsely advertised or invoiced under the provi-
sions of this Act. 
Such guaranty shall be either (1) a separate guar-
anty specifically designating the fur product or fur guaranteed, in 
which case it may be on the invoice or other paper relating to such 
fur product or fur; or (2) a continuing guaranty filed with the Com-
nussion ai)plicable to any fur product or fur handled by a guarantor, 
in such form as the Commission by rules and regulations may 
prescribe. 
(b) It shall be uidawful for any ])erson to furnish, with respect to 
any fur ])]-oduct or fui', a false guaranty (except a person relying 
upon a guaranty to the same effect received in good faith signed by 
and containing the name and address of the person residing in the 
United States by whom the fur product or fur guaranteed w^as manu-
factured or from whom it was received) with reason to believe the fur 
])roduct or fur falsely guaranteed may be introduced, sold, trans-
]>orted, or distributed in commerce, and any person who violates the 
]irovisions of this subsection is guilty of an unfair method of competi-
tion, and an unfair or deceptive act or practice, in commerce within 
the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
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CRIMINAL 
I'EXALTY 
SEC. 11. (a) Any i)erson who Avillfully violates section o, 6, or 
10 (b) of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion shall be fined not more than $5,000, or be imprisoned not more 
than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. 
(b) Whenever the Connnission has reason to believe any person is 
guilty of a misdemeanor under this section, it shall certify all perti-
nent facts to the Attorney (Jeneral, whose duty it shall be to cause 
appropriate proceedings to be brought for the enforcement of the 
provisions of this section against such person. 
APPLICATION OF EXISTING L.\WS 
SEC. 12. The provisions of this Act shall be held to be in addition 
to, and not in substitution for or limitation of, the provisions of any 
other Act of Congress. 
SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS 
SEC. 13. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to 
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act 
and the application of such provision to any other person or circum-
stance shall not be aifected thereby. 
FJTECTIVE DATE 
SKC. 14. This Act, except section 7, shall take effect one year after 
the date of its enac^:ment. 
Approved August 8, 1951.