Foreign origin disclosure not required on outside of packaged badminton sets In response to a question…

No. 112. Foreign origin disclosure not required on outside of packaged badminton sets In response to a question involving the sale of badminton sets which wi1 be sold in an opened display casc with the foreign country of origin marked on cach imported component readily visible to prospective purchasers, the Commission ruled that it would not be necessary to disclose the foreign origin of each imported component on the outside of the package. The company which requested the advisory opinion intends to merchandise badminton sets to various department stores throughout the United States. The package, instructions for use and the steel poles wiJ1 bc manufactured here in the United States. The remaining three items in the sets wil be imported from three different foreign countries and each will be marked as to its specific country of origin. For example, the rackets wil be imported from Japan, thc shuttecocks from England, and the nct from Pakistan. The badminton sets wil be sold in an opened display case with the country of origin marked on each imported component readily visible to prospective purchasers. (File No. 673 7048, releascd Feb. 2, 1967.