Impropriety of labeling foreign-made machine with American-made parts added to it as "' J'Iade in U."
70 F.T.C. 1866 · Aug. 19, 1966 · Digest No. 83
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No. 83. Impropriety of labeling foreign-made machine with American-made parts added to it as "' J'Iade in U. The Federal Trade Commission has advised an American manufacturer that a machine made in a foreign country with certain American-made parts added to it hy the domestic manufacturer may not be labeled " Made in U.S. The Commission said that it would be "improper to label the machine in question as 'Made in U. ' because this would constitute an affrmative representation that the entire machine \vas of domestic origin, when in fact a substantial part thereof was imported. " (Filc No. 653 7019 , released Aug. 19 , 1966.