Foreign origin; razor blade dispensers
70 F.T.C. 1855 · July 6, 1966 · Digest No. 69
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No. 69. Foreign origin; razor blade dispensers. The Commission recently rendered an advisory opinion advising an American manufacturer of razor blades that it wouJd not be necessary to disclose the country of origin of imported plastic razor blade dispensers and end clips into which were packed domestically manufactured blades, nor was there any objection to labeling the completed package as made in this country. The Commission was of the view that such a description would be taken as applying to the blades and that the purchaser would have no real concern with the origin of the dispenser which is designed to be thrown away after the blades are used.
The facts were that after the dispenser cases and end clips were received in this country, a spring and the b1ades would be inserted, a pusher slide added and the end clip put in place. The spring, slide or pusher and the blades would be manufactured in the United States. (File No. 663 7052, released July 6, 1966.