FTC Trade Practice Rules in the Code of Federal Regulations

298 industry trade practice rules and 52 guides printed in 16 CFR Subchapter B, with the years each appeared and links to the Library of Congress scans. Compiled from the annual CFR editions; the list is complete for the editions the Library of Congress holds. CSV (CC0).

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Trade practice rules

Industry / title	16 CFR Part	In CFR	Editions
Accident And Health Insurance Industry	29	1959-1960	2
Accident And Health Insurance Industry [revoked, 27 F.R. 5398, June 7, 1962]	29	1966-1966	1
Advertising And Sales Promotion Of Mail Order Insurance	187	1959-1959	1
All-cotton Wash Goods Industry	96	1938-1939	2
Artificial Limb Industry	165	1946-1978	14
Assembling Branch Of The Cheese Industry	56	1938-1959	4
Baby And Doll Carriage Industry	46	1938-1959	4
Baby Chick Industry	98 / 178	1938-1959	5
Bank And Commercial Stationers	60	1938-1943	2
Bank And Commercial Stationery Industry	60	1949-1959	2
Barre Granite Industry	99	1938-1976	13
Beauty And Barber Equipment And Supplies Industry	153	1941-1968	7
Beauty And Barber Supply Dealers	63	1938-1943	2
Bedding Manufacturing And Wholesale Distributing Industry	195	1959-1978	13
Blueprint And Diazo Type Coaters Industry	28	1970-1971	2
Blueprint And Diazotype Coaters Industry	28	1959-1977	10
Braided Rug Industry	71	1966-1977	11
Brick And Structural Clay Tile And Allied Products Industry	27	1959-1977	11
Brick And Structuralclay Tile And Allied Products Industry	27	1970-1970	1
Buff And Polishing Wheel Manufacturing Industry	109	1938-1976	13
Buffing And Polishing Wheel Manufacturing Industry	109	1943-1943	1
Building Wire And Cable Manufacturing Industry	42	1959-1977	12
Button Jobbing	163	1969-1969	1
Button Jobbing Industry	163	1945-1976	11
Candy Manufacturing Industry	186	1959-1977	12
Canvas Cover Industry	199	1959-1977	12
Carbon Dioxide Manufacturing Industry	129	1938-1976	13
Catalog Jewelry And Giftware Industry	157	1943-1978	15
Cedar Chest Industry	93	1938-1959	4
Cedar Chest Manufacturing Industry	217	1959-1977	12
Chemical Soil Conditioner Industry	222	1959-1977	12
China Recess Accessories Industry	55	1938-1973	10
Cleaning And Dyeing Industry, Pennsylvania And Adjoining Territory	100	1938-1959	4
Clothing Cotton Converters	51	1938-1939	2
Cocoa And Choco Late Industry	194	1960-1960	1
Cocoa And Chocolate Industry	194	1959-1977	11
Combination Storm Window And Door Industry	25	1959-1977	12
Commercial And Industrial Floor And Vacuum Machinery Industry	210	1959-1978	13
Commercial Cold Storage Industry	62	1938-1959	4
Commercial Dental Laboratory Industry	18	1959-1977	12
Common Brick Industry	25	1938-1959	4
Common Or Toilet Pin Industry	52	1938-1971	9
Common Or Toiletpin Industry	52	1973-1973	1
Concrete Burial Vault Manufacturing Industry	122	1938-1976	14
Concrete Mixer And Paver Industry	42	1938-1959	4
Construction Equipment Distributing Industry	167	1946-1976	13
Corset, Brassiere, And Allied Products Industry	21	1959-1977	13
Cosmetic And Toilet Preparation Industry	221 / 203	1959-1959	2
Cosmetic And Toilet Preparations Industry	221	1960-1978	12
Cotton Converting Industry	110	1938-1976	15
Covered Button And Buckle Manufacturing Industry	119	1938-1976	13
Crushed Stone Industry	31	1938-1976	14
Curled Hair Industry	143	1943-1976	12
Cut And Wire Tack Industry	50	1959-1977	11
Cut Arid Wire Tack Industry	50	1974-1974	1
Cut Stone Industry	33	1938-1976	14
Cut Tack, Cut Nail, And Staple Industry	50	1938-1949	3
Direct Selling Companies	74	1938-1959	4
Doll And Stuffed Toy Industry	173	1949-1976	11
Dolls And Stuffed Toy Industry	173	1947-1947	1
Dry Cleaning And Dyeing Service, District Of Columbia And Vicinity	91	1938-1949	3
Dry-Cleaning And Dyeing Service Industry, District Of Columbia And Vicinity	91	1959-1959	1
Edible Oils Industry	48	1938-1959	4
Educational Jewelry Industry	69	1938-1959	4
Electrical Contracting Industry	64	1938-1977	15
Electrical Wholesalers	87	1938-1976	14
Embroidery Industry	49	1938-1976	14
Engraved Stationery And Allied Products Industry Of The New York City Trade Area	37	1959-1976	11
Environmental Testing Equipment Manufacturing Industry	40	1959-1978	13
Fabricators Of Ornamental Iron, Bronze, And Wire	85	1938-1976	14
Fabricators Of Structural Steel	26	1938-1959	4
Face Brick Industry	32	1938-1959	4
Feather And Down Industry	78	1938-1959	4
Feather And Down Products Industry	200	1959-1971	7
Feldspar Grinders Industry	67	1938-1959	4
Fine And Wrapping Paper Distributing Industry	189	1959-1976	10
Fine And Wrapping Paper Distrlbuting Industry	189	1975-1975	1
Fire Extinguishing Appliance Industry	224	1959-1978	12
Fire Extinguishing Appliance Manufacturing Industry	106	1938-1959	4
Fire Extingushing Appliance Industry	224	1975-1975	1
Flat Glass Manufacturing And Distributing Industry	111	1938-1959	4
Fluorocarbons Industry	51	1966-1977	10
Fluorocarbons Industrys	51	1970-1970	1
Folding Paper Box Industry	147	1943-1976	12
Fountain Pen And Mechanical Pencil Industry	226 / 184	1959-1977	13
Fresh Fruit And Vegetable Industry	74	1966-1978	12
Frozen Food Industry	22	1959-1977	12
Fur Industry	130	1938-1959	4
Furnace Pipe And Fitting Industry	83	1938-1949	2
Furnace Pipe And Fittings Industry	83	1943-1959	2
Gladiolus Bulb Industry	206 / 205	1959-1977	13
Golf, Baseball, AMD Athletic Goods Industries	58	1971-1971	1
Golf, Baseball, And Athletic Goods Industries	58	1949-1977	13
Golf, Baseball, And Athletic Goods Industry	58	1938-1943	2
Granite Industry	99	1974-1974	1
Greeting Card Industry	38	1938-1967	6
Grocery Industry	73 / 209	1938-1978	17
Gummed Paper And Sealing Tape Industry	19	1959-1976	11
Hand Knitting Yarn Industry	177	1949-1977	13
Handkerchief Industry	181	1959-1977	12
Hearing Aid Industry	159 / 214	1944-1978	15
Hearing Air Industry	159	1949-1949	1
Hearing And Industry	214	1974-1974	1
Hosiery Industry	152	1941-1979	18
House Dress And Wash Frock Manufacturing Industry	126	1938-1976	14
Household Fabric Dye Industry	171	1949-1976	11
Household Furniture And Furnishing Industry	75	1959-1959	1
Household Furniture And Furnishings Industry	75	1938-1960	3
Household Furniture Industry	75	1966-1973	7
Households Furniture And Furnishings Industry	75	1943-1943	1
Ice Cream Industry, District Of Columbia And Vicinity	89	1938-1973	11
Industrial Bag And Cover Industry	213	1959-1976	11
Infants' And Children's Knitted Outerwear Industry	137	1939-1976	13
Ingot Brass And Bronze Industry	39	1938-1959	4
Insecticide, And Disinfectant Industry	65	1938-1959	4
Interior Marble Industry	53	1938-1976	14
Jewelry Industry	23	1959-1979	14
Juvenile Wheel Goods Manufacturing Industry	112	1938-1959	4
Knitted Outerwear	72	1943-1943	1
Knitted Outerwear Industry	72	1949-1976	12
Kosher Food Products And Kosher Products Industry	65	1966-1976	10
Kraft Paper Industry	22	1938-1949	3
Kraft Paper Industry (revoked)	22	1959-1959	1
Ladies' Handbag Manufacturing Industry	113	1938-1969	7
Library Binding Industry	220	1959-1977	12
Lightning Rod Industry	57	1949-1959	2
Lightning Rods Industry	57	1938-1943	2
Lime Industry	59	1938-1960	5
Linen Industry	151	1941-1966	5
Live Poultry Industry, New York City And Vicinity	94	1938-1959	4
Low Pressure Refrigerants Industry	164	1945-1976	12
Luggage And Related Products Industry	154	1941-1979	18
Macaroni And Noodle Products Industry	132	1959-1977	12
Macaroni, Noodles, And Related Products Industry	132	1938-1949	3
Manifold Business Forms Industry	47	1960-1977	11
Marking Devices Industry	97	1938-1976	14
Masonry Water Proofing Industry	169	1967-1974	4
Masonry Waterproofing Industry	169	1946-1977	9
Medical Gas Industry	41	1938-1959	4
Melamine Dinner Ware Industry	32	1968-1973	3
Melamine Dinnerware Industrty	32	1975-1975	1
Melamine Dinnerware Industry	32	1959-1977	7
Melanine Dinnerware Industry	32	1967-1967	1
Metal Awning Industry	41	1959-1978	13
Metal Burial Vault Industry	80	1938-1959	4
Metal Clad And Accessories Manufacturing Industry	127	1975-1975	1
Metal Clad Door And Accessories Manufacturing Industry	127	1938-1976	12
Metallic Watch Band Industry	60	1966-1979	13
Milk And Ice Cream Can Industry	23	1938-1959	4
Milk Bottle Cap And Closure Industry	198	1959-1977	11
Milk Bottle Cap Closure Industry	198	1969-1969	1
Milk Producing And Distributing Industry, Michigan And Vicinity	95	1938-1959	4
Millinery Industry	216	1959-1978	13
Millwork Industry	44	1938-1973	10
Mirror Industry	118	1966-1979	13
Mirror Manufacturing Industry	118	1938-1960	5
Mopstick Industry	90	1938-1973	10
Multi-Color Printers Of Transparent And Translucent Materials	70	1938-1960	4
Musical Instrument And Accessories Industry	158	1944-1977	14
Musical Merchandise Industry	102	1938-1959	4
Narrow Fabrics Industry	207	1959-1977	11
Narrow Industry Fabrics	207	1971-1971	1
Nursery Industry	34	1959-1979	14
Office Machine Marketing Industry	175	1949-1978	14
Oil Heating Industry Of The New England States	183	1959-1976	10
Oil Heating Industry Of The New England States Group	183	1973-1973	1
Oleomargarine Manufacturing Industry	134	1938-1976	13
Optical Products Industry	192	1966-1978	12
Orthopedic Appliance Industry	223	1959-1978	13
Outlet And Switch Box Manufacturing Industry	43	1959-1977	12
Paint And Varnish Brush Industry	136	1959-1977	11
Paint And Varnish Brush Manufacturing Industry	136	1939-1949	3
Paint And Varnish Industry	136	1975-1975	1
Paper Bag Industry	24	1938-1973	10
Paper Bottle Cap Industry	61	1938-1959	4
Paper Drinking Manufacturing Industry	108	1974-1974	1
Paper Drinking Straw Manufacturing Industry	108	1938-1976	12
Parking Meter Industry	196	1959-1977	12
Pearl, Cultured Pearl, And Imitation Pearl Industry	208	1959-1959	1
Peat Industry	185	1959-1977	12
Phonograph Record Industry	67	1966-1978	12
Photoengraving Industry Of The Southeastern States (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, And Mississippi)	218	1959-1976	11
Piston Ring Industry	166	1946-1976	12
Plastic Housewares Industry	30	1976-1976	1
Plastics Housewares Industry	30	1959-1977	11
Pleasure Boat Industry	56	1966-1978	12
Plumbing And Heating Industry	79	1938-1959	4
Popular Priced Dress Manufacturing Industry	125	1938-1976	13
Portrait Photographic Industry	215	1959-1978	13
Poultry Hatching And Breeding Industry	36	1959-1978	14
Preserve Manufacturing Industry	114	1938-1978	15
Private Home Study Schools	116	1938-1973	11
Public Refrigerated Storage Industry	212	1959-1976	11
Public Seating Industry	20	1938-1976	15
Putty Manufacturing Industry	140	1939-1976	13
Rabbit And Cavy Breeders Industry	103	1938-1949	3
Rabbit Industry	103	1959-1978	14
Radio And Television Industry	142	1959-1978	13
Radio Receiving Set Manufacturing Industry	142	1939-1949	4
Range Boiler Industry	36	1938-1959	4
Rayon And Acetate Textile Industry	204	1959-1966	3
Rayon And Silk Dyeing, Printing, And Finishing Industry	155	1941-1976	13
Rayon Industry	123	1938-1959	4
Rayon, Nylon And Silk Converting Industry	180	1959-1976	11
Razor And Razor Blade Industry	161	1945-1977	12
Razor And Razorblade Industry	161	1970-1970	1
Rebuilt, Reconditioned And Other Used Automotive Parts Industry	62	1966-1979	13
Refrigeration And/or Air-Conditioning Contracting Industries	26	1959-1978	13
Reinforcing Steel Fabricating And Distributing Industry	34	1938-1959	4
Relating To The Sale And Financing Of Motor Vehicles	197	1959-1978	13
Residential Aluminum Siding Industry	57	1966-1978	12
Resistance Welder Manufacturing Industry	149	1943-1977	13
Ribbon Industry	138	1939-1977	15
Ripe Olive Industry	148	1943-1976	12
Roll And Machine Ticket Industry	40	1938-1959	4
Rubber Manufacturing Industry	115	1949-1949	1
Rubber Tire Industry	115	1938-1960	3
Sanitary Napkin Industry	86	1938-1959	4
Sardine Industry	144	1943-1977	14
Saw And Blade Service Industry	88	1938-1977	16
School Supplies And Equipment Distributing Industry	117	1938-1949	3
School Supply And Equipment Industry	117	1959-1978	13
Scrap Iron And Steel Industry	76	1938-1976	14
Seam Binding Industry	201	1959-1977	12
Set-up Paper Box Industry	211	1959-1976	11
Shirting Fabrics Industry	66	1938-1939	2
Shoe Finders Industry	190	1959-1976	11
Shrinkage Of Woven Cotton Yard Goods	131	1938-1978	15
Silk Industry	135	1938-1966	5
Sled Industry	68	1938-1959	4
Slide Fastener Industry	193	1959-1977	12
Solid Section Steel Window Industry	28	1938-1959	4
Solvents Industry	45	1938-1960	4
Southern Hardware Jobbers	18	1938-1959	4
Southern Mixed Feed Manufacturers	27	1938-1959	4
Spice Grinders And Packers	43	1938-1959	4
Stationers Industry	61	1966-1978	12
Steel Bobby Pin And Steel Hair Pin Manufacturing Industry	39	1959-1977	12
Steel Office Furniture Industry	21	1938-1959	4
Structural Clay Tile Industry	47	1938-1959	4
Subscription And Mail Order Book Publishing Industry	150	1943-1978	13
Subscription And Mailorder Book Publishing Industry	150	1969-1969	1
Sun Glass Industry	156 / 202	1941-1977	17
Tie Fabrics Industry	188	1959-1976	11
Tire And Tube Repair Material Industry	48	1960-1977	11
Tobacco Distributing Industry	105	1966-1977	11
Tobacco Smoking Pipe, And Cigar And Cigarette Holder Industry	225	1959-1976	10
Tobacco Smokingpipe, And Cigar And Cigarette Holder Industry	225	1970-1970	1
Toilet Brush Manufacturing Industry	124	1938-1976	13
Tomato Paste Manufacturing Industry	133	1938-1976	13
Trade Pamphlet Binding Industry Of The New York City Trade Area	179	1960-1976	10
Trade Pamphlets Binding Industry Of The New York City Trade Area	179	1949-1949	1
Trade Practice Rules For The Household Fabric Dye Industry	171	1947-1947	1
Trade Practice Rules Respecting The Terms "Water Proof", "Shockproof", "Nonmagnetic", And Related Designations, As Applied To Watches, Watchcases, And Watch Movements	170	1967-1969	2
Trade Practice Rules Respecting The Terms "Waterproof, " "Shockproof, " "Nonmagnetic, "And Related Designations, As Applied To Watches, Watchcases, And Watch Movements"	170	1949-1970	5
Trade Practice Rules Respecting The Terms Waterproof, Shockproof, Non-magnetic, And Related Designations, As Applied To Watches, Watchcases, And Watch Movements	170	1947-1947	1
Tubular Piping And Trimmings Manufacturing Industry	120	1938-1938	1
Tubular Pipings And Trimmings Manufacturing Industry	120	1943-1976	12
Tuna Industry	146	1943-1978	16
Umbrella Industry	145	1943-1977	14
Uniform Industry	101	1949-1977	12
Uniform Manufacturers Industry	101	1938-1938	1
Uniform Manufactures Industry	101	1943-1943	1
Upholstery And Drapery Fabrics Industry	205	1959-1978	12
Upholstery Textile Industry	82	1938-1959	4
Vegetable Ivory Button Industry	107	1949-1959	2
Vegetable Ivory Button Manufacturing Industry	107	1938-1943	2
Venetian Blind Industry	191	1959-1977	12
Vertical Turbine Pump Industry	172	1947-1976	13
Vulcanized Fiber Industry	29	1938-1959	4
Wall Coverings Industry	35	1966-1977	11
Wall Paper Industry	35	1938-1960	5
Walnut Wood Industry	54	1938-1978	15
Warm Air Furnace Industry	84	1938-1976	13
Waste Paper Dealers And Packers	81	1938-1973	11
Watch Case Industry	174	1949-1970	5
Watch Cash Industry	174	1968-1968	1
Water Heater Industry	160	1945-1978	14
Water Proof Paper Industry (Asphaltic Type)	219	1960-1960	1
Waterproof Paper Industry (Asphaltic Type)	219	1959-1976	10
Waxed-Paper Industry	71	1938-1959	4
Wet Ground Mica Industry	121	1938-1976	13
Wholesale Confectionery Industry	176	1949-1977	13
Wholesale Confectionery Industry (Philadelphia Trade Area)	168	1946-1976	11
Wholesale Confectionery Industry (Philadelphiatrade Area)	168	1970-1970	1
Wholesale Drug Industry	104	1938-1959	4
Wholesale Jewelry Industry	128	1938-1959	4
Wholesale Optical Industry	192	1959-1960	2
Wholesale Plumbing And Heating Industry	227	1959-1977	12
Wholesale Tobacco Trade	105	1938-1960	5
Wine Industry	139	1939-1976	13
Wire Rope Industry	66	1966-1977	11
Wood Case Lead Pencil Industry	162	1976-1976	1
Wood Cased Lead Pencil Industry	162	1945-1978	14
Woodworking Machinery Industry	92	1938-1977	15
Wool Stock Industry	37	1938-1959	4
Work Glove Industry	46	1960-1978	12
Yeast Industry	182	1959-1977	12

Guides

Industry / title	16 CFR Part	In CFR	Editions
Guide Against Deceptive Use In The Word "Free" In Connection With The Sale Of Photographic Film And Film Processing Service	242	1994-1994	1
Guide Against Deceptive Use Of The Word "Free" In The Connection With The Sale Of Photographic Film And Film Processing Service	242	1969-1995	24
Guide Against Deceptiveuse Of The Word "Free" In Connection With The Sale Of Photographic Film And Film Processing Service	242	1971-1971	1
Guide Concerning Fuel Economy Advertising For New Automobiles	259	1976-1995	20
Guide Concerning Use Of The Word "Free" And Similar Representations	251	1973-1995	23
Guide For Avoiding Deceptive Use Of Word "Mall" The Textile Industry	236	1980-1980	1
Guide For Avoiding Deceptive Use Of Word "Mill" In The Textile Industry	236	1968-1995	23
Guide For Avoiding Deceptive Use Of Word "Mill" In The Textiles Industry	236	1993-1993	1
Guide For Avoiding Deceptive Use Of Word The Textile Industry	236	1985-1985	1
Guide For Avoiding Deceptive Use Of Work Mill In The Textile Industry	236	1988-1988	1
Guides Against Bait Advertising	238	1968-1995	27
Guides Against Debt Collection Deception	237	1968-1995	27
Guides Against Deceptive Advertising Of Guarantees	239	1968-1985	17
Guides Against Deceptive Labeling And Advertising Of Adhesive Composition	235	1976-1976	1
Guides Against Deceptive Labeling And Advertising Of Adhesive Compositions	235	1968-1995	26
Guides Against Deceptive Pricing	233	1968-1995	27
Guides Concerning Use Of Endorsement And Testimonials In Advertising	255	1990-1990	1
Guides Concerning Use Of Endorsements And Testimonials In Advertising	255	1976-1995	19
Guides For Advertising Allowances And Other Merchandising Payments And Services	240	1970-1995	25
Guides For Advertising Allowances And Other Merchandising Payments And Services; Compliance With Sections 2(d) And 2(e) Of The Clayton Act, As Amended By The Robinson-Patman Act	240	1968-1969	2
Guides For Advertising Fallout Shelters	229	1968-1993	25
Guides For Advertising Radiation Monitoring Industry	232	1977-1977	1
Guides For Advertising Radiation Monitoring Instruments	232	1968-1993	24
Guides For Advertising Shell Homes	230	1968-1994	24
Guides For Advertising Smell Homes	230	1974-1974	1
Guides For Advertisings Hell Homes	230	1970-1970	1
Guides For Labeling, Advertising, And Sale Of Wigs And Other Hairpieces	252	1971-1995	24
Guides For Private Vocational And Home Study Schools	254	1973-1995	23
Guides For Shoe Content Labeling And Advertising	231	1968-1995	27
Guides For The Advertising Of Warranties And Guarantees	239	1986-1995	10
Guides For The Beauty And Barber Equipment And Supplies Industry	248	1969-1994	24
Guides For The Beauty And Barber Equiptment And Supplies Industry	248	1993-1995	2
Guides For The Decorative Wall Paneling Industry	243	1973-1995	23
Guides For The Dog And Cat Food Industry	241	1970-1995	25
Guides For The Feather And Down Products Industry	253	1973-1995	23
Guides For The Greeting Card Industry Relating To Discriminatory Practices	244	1969-1994	24
Guides For The Greeting Industry Relating To Discriminatory Practices	244	1975-1975	1
Guides For The Hosiery Industry	22	1980-1995	16
Guides For The Household Furniture Industry	250	1974-1995	22
Guides For The Jewelry Industry	23	1980-1995	16
Guides For The Ladies' Handbag Industry	247	1970-1995	25
Guides For The Law Book Industry	256	1976-1995	20
Guides For The Luggage And Related Products Industry	24	1980-1995	16
Guides For The Mail Order Insuirance Industry	234	1980-1980	1
Guides For The Mail Order Insurance Industry	234	1968-1995	26
Guides For The Metallic Watch Band Industry	19	1980-1995	16
Guides For The Mirror Industry	21	1980-1995	16
Guides For The Nursery Industry	18	1980-1995	16
Guides For The Rebuilt, Reconditioned And Other Used Automobile Parts Industry	20	1980-1995	16
Guides For The Use Of Environmental Marketing Claims	260	1993-1995	3
Guides For The Watch Industry	245	1969-1995	26
Tire Advertising And Labeling Guides	228	1968-1995	27