§ 68a. Misbranding declared unlawful

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1940

   Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939

   Pub. L. 76–871 § 3 · 54 Stat. 1128

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 68a

   (Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 3, 54 Stat. 1129.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 3, 54 Stat. 1129.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. misbranding declared unlawful The introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into Misbranding declared unlawful. commerce, or the sale, transportation, or distribution, in commerce, of any wool product which is misbranded within the meaning of this Act 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 38 Stat. 717; 52 Stat. 111. 15 U. S. C. §§ 41–51; Supp. V, 41–58. 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 Act 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— Exemptions. (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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