Disclosure of foreign origin of contents on package bearing name suggesting domestic origin
73 F.T.C. 1323 · Apr. 4, 1968 · Digest No. 219
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No. 219. Disclosure of foreign origin of contents on package bearing name suggesting domestic origin.
The Commission issued an a.(1I'i80r3' opinion dealing ,vith the failure to disclose the foreign origin of imported s"\vitchpJates. The packages containing the. s"\vitchplates was labeled with a company name suggesting that the product was of domestic. origin. linc1er these c.ircumstances, the. Commission required that the foreign origin of the producit be disclosed in conjunction with the company name. (File No. 6723717, relea.sed ~~\..pT. 4, 1968. No. 2:20. Foreign country of origin disclosure on imported tools. The. Commission rendered an advisory opinion in regard to the propel' labeling of the country of origin of certain imported tools. Specifica.lJy, the requesting party ,,-anted to know whether it ,youlcl llc necessary to disclose. the. country of origin on the tools. and in H cl \' er'tising.
In the achisory opinion ",hich ",as issued, the Commission concluded that. it ,yould be. neCeSSRry to disclose the foreig'n countrv of orig"in of the tools in a. clear and conspicuous manner at the point of sale.. It also ruled that it would not be nec.e.ssHry to disclose the origin of the tools .in acl\' ertising. (File Ko. 6637034, released Apr. 4, 1968.