Rules and Regulations under Fur Products Labeling Act, Amendment of §301.19— Pointing, Dyeing, Bleaching or Otherwise Artificially Coloring

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PART 301— RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER FUR PRODUCTS LABELING ACT Amendment of §301.19— Pointing, Dye­ ing, Bleaching or Otherwise Artificially Coloring On January 7, 1969, the Federal Trade Commission issued a Notice of Amend­ ment of §301.19 (Rule 19), of Title 16, Part 301, Rules and Regulations under Fur Products Labeling Act. Said docu­ ment was published as FR Doc. 69-326 and appeared at page 380 of the Friday, FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL. 41, NO. 12— M ONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1976

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January 10, 1969 issue of the F ederal R egister.

That amendment to § 301.19 (Rule 19) reads in pertinent part: (h) (2) When any fur or fur product Is dressed, processed or treated with a solution or compound containing iron or copper and after processing any of the hair, fleece or fur fiber contains more than 300 parts per million of iron or more than 75 parts per million of copper, such fur or fur product shall be described in labeling, invoicing and advertising as “color altered”

or “color added”.

The Commission subsequently issued a Notice of Reopening of Record—a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under the Fur Products Labeling Act. Such notice was published in the F ederal R egister on July 8, 1974, and provided that the Fed­ eral Trade Commission would reopen the record on § 301.19(h) (2) (Rule 19(h) (2) )^ for the purpose of reconsidering the feasibility and reasonableness of the Rule’s limitations on the labeling of furs dressed with solutions containing iron and copper. Provision was made for the submission of written views, arguments or other pertinent data until the date of hearing.

The Commission issued a notice setting date of public hearing in this matter, which was published in the F ederal R eg­ ister on August 19, 1974 and announced that public hearings would be held in New York City on October 10 and 11, 1974.

The hearings were held from October 10, 1974 to October 16, 1974, at the Com­ mission’s New York Regional Office. After consideration of all testimony, views, arguments and other data submitted pursuant to the July 8, 1974 and August 19, 1974 notices referred to above, and after consideration of all other perti­ nent information available to the Com­ mission, the Commission has determined to amend § 301.19 (Rule 19) of Title 16, Part 301, Rules and Regulations under Fur Products Labeling Act by deleting paragraph (h) (2) thereof, thereby elim­ inating the requirement that any fur or fur product be described as “color al­ tered” or “color added” if it contains more than the concentrations of iron or copper specified by that paragraph. It is the judgment of the Commission that such amendment is required be­ cause, in the light of current technology, the degree of concentration of iron or copper present in hair, fleece, or fur fi­ ber, after dressing, is not in every case, relevant to the question of color change or color improvement; therefore, a con­ clusive presumption that color has been added or altered because of the presence of particular concentrations of such metals cannot presently be justified. Accordingly, the Commission hereby • amends Part 301—Rules and Regulations under Fur Products Labeling Act—of Subchapter C, Chapter 1 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations by de­ leting § 301.19(h) (2) and redesignating § 301.19(h) (1) to become § 301.19(h) as follows:

§ 301.19 Pointing, dyeing, bleaching or otherwise artificially coloring. • • * * • RULES AND REGULATIONS (h) Where any fur or fur product is dressed, processed or treated with a solu­ tion or compound containing any metal and such compound or solution effects any change or improvement in the color of the hair, fleece or fur fiber, such fur or fur product shall be described in la­ beling, invoicing and advertising as “col­ or altered” or “color added”. * * * * * (15 U.S.C. 69f) Effective: January 19, 1976. By direction of the Commission. Charles A . T obin, Secretary.

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