Affrmative domestic origin representation on products containing imported components
69 F.T.C. 1214 · Apr. 12, 1966 · Digest No. 29
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Text is machine-OCR of the printed volume and may contain errors. Advisory opinions are the Commission's views on proposed conduct, not binding orders.
No. 29. Affrmative domestic origin representation on products containing imported components.
An American concern proposing to market shaving brushes containing plastic handles imported from Eng1and has been informed by the Federal Trade Commission that it wil not be neeessary to disclose the English origin of the handles, assuming there is no affrmative representation they are domestic. The Commission added that its advisory opinion, of course does not relieve one from complying with any appJicable statutes or regulations administered by the Bureau of Customs. The company intends to insert and cement the bristle into the imported handles here in the United States. The cost of the completed brush is $2.25 and the cost of the imported handle wil be 359. (FiJe No. 663 7006, released Apr. 12, 1966.