Labeling of truss plates manufactured from imported steel

No. 11. Labeling of truss plates manufactured from imported steel. The Commission was requested to advise whether or not it would be permissible to label finished truss plates made from imported galvanized steel coils as a domestic product manufactured in the U. without any reference to the origin of the steel. The plates are cut and stamped to size in this country and further stamped to form toothlike fastening devices as part of the finished plate The Commission advised that it would not be proper to label these plates as made in the U. A. since that would constitute an affrmative representation that they were entirely made in this country, which is not the fact unless, of course, the label also discloses in a clear and conspicuous manner the fact that the steel in said plates is imported. (File No. 663 7011, released Dec. 17 , 1965.