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Disclosure of foreign origin of component part of ice cream spade assembled in this country

73 F.T.C. 1323 · Apr. 4, 1968 · Digest No. 222

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No. 222. Disclosure of foreign origin of component part of ice cream spade assembled in this country.

The Commission "as reque.sted to renckr an a.c1visory opinion "ith respect to the. necessity for disclosing the country of origin of the imported ll1etnl portion of an ice. cream spade manufactured in this country.

The opinion advised that in the Commission ~s view the country of origin of the imported metal portion of the ice cream spade should be discl()~' ec1 ,Yhereyel' the name of the company appears and that it should be disclosed in a clear and conspicuous manner on the package or the ice cream spade itseJlf. (File No.. 6737070, released Apr. 4, 1968.