Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4101:6 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture Inspection › Chapter 4101:6-1 - General Provisions › Section 4101:6-1-10 - Labeling of hidden fillers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Percentages: Percentages, as herein
			 specified, are based on the per cent by weight of the filling material required
			 to be shown on the label. Percentages need not be stated for stuffed
			 toys.
(B) Mixtures: The name and
			 percentages of the component materials in a mixture must be shown on the
			  label and listed thereon in the order
			 of predominance. Percentages need not be stated for shredded
			 clippings.
(C) Articles containing
			 more than one type of filler: When more than one type of material is used in
			 the construction of articles of bedding, stuffed toys, or upholstered furniture, each type of material used
			 must be shown on the  label, together
			 with its per cent by weight, and listed thereon in the order of predominance,
			 except as otherwise provided for in paragraph (I) of rule
			 4101:6-1-02 of the Administrative Code. No percentages
			 are required for stuffed toys.
(D)
			 Tolerance: A tolerance of plus or minus ten per cent by weight of the materials
			 listed on the label shall be allowed. The ten per cent tolerance is allowed for
			 the purpose of adjusting unintentional errors due to processing difficulties in
			 arriving at exact percentages. Tolerance is not intended to permit deliberate
			 admixture of inferior materials.
(E) "All," "pure," "one hundred percent":
			 "All,"
			 "pure," 
								"one hundred percent," or terms of similar import are
			 permitted only if the material is as stated. No tolerance is allowed where such
			 terms are used.
(F) Color of
			 material: The natural color of any material used as a filler need not be stated
			 on the label. When this is stated, it must be a true statement.
(G) Cleanliness: All fillings shall be
			 clean
								and
			 free from trash, excreta,
			 and foreign or objectionable substances,
								and odors.
(H) Bleached: When any filling material has
			 been bleached, it shall be so stated on the label.
(I) Resin treated, resinated, or rubberized filler: When any filling material has
			 been resin treated, resinated, or rubberized, it
			 shall be so stated on the label. The per cent of rubber or resin used as a
			 binder or a
			 filler need not be shown.
(J) Use
			 of secondhand material: Secondhand filling, when used in whole or in part in
			 the manufacture or renovation of bedding, stuffed toys, and upholstered furniture products, requires the
			 use of the appropriate secondhand label as specified in rule
			 4101:6-1-06
			 of the Administrative Code and "Illustration II" of that rule. Secondhand
			 material that has been used or formed a part of any article
			 that has
			 been used by, on, or about any person having an infectious or contagious
			 disease shall not be used again in any manner whatsoever.
(K) Exclusions from labeling: The presence of
			 any of the following need not be shown on the tag, provided such materials are
			 new: burlap, muslin, tape, webbing,
			 and metal insulators; and, if under ten per cent of the filling, the
			 following are excluded: paper sheets used for separating or covering felts,
			 the filling contained in a quilted ticking, glazed wadding, or trapunto
			 embroidery when affixed to an article of bedding containing hidden filling, and
			 the filling used in prebuilt border constructions; and mechanical,
			 electronic, and noise makers in stuffed
			 toys.
(L) Stiffening material: The
			 presence of any stiffening material, such as fiberboard, wood, plastic, wire,
			 or paper, shall be shown on the label.
(M) Innerspring unit: The presence of an
			 innerspring unit shall be shown on the label.
(N) Name of fiber: Terms defined in these
			 regulations shall be the proper terms to use in the labeling of bedding and
			 upholstered furniture products. When it is desired to list the trade name in
			 addition, this may be done at the bottom of the label, in the space for
			 additional information.
(O)
			 Presence of oil: Any material containing in excess of five per cent oil must be
			 described as "oily."
(P) Dirt or
			 foreign material: The presence of nonfibrous mineral matter in excess of five
			 per cent in any filling material shall be described as "dirt" and its
			 percentage stated.