Use of symbols and names having fur-bearing animal connotations in labeling textile fiber products
76 F.T.C. 1095 · July 3, 1969 · Digest No. 351
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No. 351. Use of symbols and names having fur-bearing animal connotations in labeling textile fiber products. The Commission was requested to render an opinion with respect to the labeling of textile fiber products manufactured so as to simulate a fur or fur product.
The requesting party proposed to use a word closely resembling the name of a fur-bearing animal, the fur from which is commonly used in the manufacture of garments, in association with a fabric simulating that fur.
In the Commission s view, the use of the proposed term to describe such a fabric would probably violate the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and/or that part of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act which makes deceptive acts or practices in commerce unlawful. (File No. 693 7123 Released July 3, 1969)