Disapproval of the marking "US Made" for items with substantial imported components
70 F.T.C. 1866 · Aug. 12, 1966 · Digest No. 82
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No. 82. Disapproval of the marking "US Made" for items with substantial imported components.
A Federal Trade Commission advisory opinion made public today disapproved the marking "US Made" for two electric devices, onc consisting of an imported motor assembled with an American-made casing and cord , and the other of which both the motor and the casing are imported and the cord is domestic. The Commission stated that " it would be improper to label either of the finished products as ' US Made' because this would constitute an affrmative representation that the entire product was of domestic origin , when in fact a substantial part thereof was imported. " (File o. 653 7022 , released Aug. 12, 1966.