Origin disclosure on package for Canadian-made automotive part
69 F.T.C. 1214 · Apr. 13, 1966 · Digest No. 30
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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. 30. Origin disclosure on package for Canadian-made automotive part. An American concern has been advised of the Federal Trade Commission s disapproval of its proposal to use a modified version of its present cardboard containers to distribute in this country a rep1acement automotive part to be manufactured in Canada. The advisory opinion noted that the part wil be marked Made in Canada" but that, under normal conditions, the ultimate purchaser is not likely to observe this marking prior to purchase. On the cardboard container appear the company s American address plus a legend which it proposes to obliterate Iade in USA.
The Commission s advice was that permanent obJiteration of this 1egend "on the outside of the cardboard containers wou1d not be suffcient since the presence of your company s address on the container may lead many persons to believe that the * * (productsJ were manufactured in the United States. Thus it wou1d also be necessary to disclose the Canadian origin on the container in a clear and conspicuous manner. " (FiJe No. 663 7001, re1eased Apr. 13, 1966.
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