Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 65.djvu/211

 65 STAT.]

177

PUBLIC LAW 110—AUG. 8, 1951

or mutilation of, prior to the time any fur product is sold and delivered to the ultimate consumer, any label required by this Act to be affixed to such fur product, and any person violating this subsection is guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an unfair or deceptive act or practice, in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act. (e) Any person introducing, selling, advertising, or offering for sale, in commerce, or processing for commerce, a fur product, or any person selling, advertising, offering for sale or processing a fur product which has been shipped and received in commerce, may substitute for the label affixed to such product pursuant to section 4 of this Act, a label conforming to the requirements of such section, and such label may show in lieu of the name or other identification shown pursuant to section 4(2)(E) on the label so removed, the name or other identification of the person making the substitution. Any person substituting a label shall keep such records as will show the information set forth on the label that he removed and the name or names of the person or persons from whom such fur product was received, and shall preserve such records for at least three years. Neglect or refusal to maintain and preserve such records is unlawful, and any person who shall fail to maintain and preserve such records shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $100 for each day of such failure which shall accrue to the United States and be recoverable by a civil action. Any person substituting a label who shall fail to keep and preserve such records, or who shall by such substitution misbrand a fur product, shall be guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an unfair or deceptive act or practice, in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act. (f) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall not apply to any common carrier, contract carrier or freight forwarder in respect of a fur product or fur shipped, transported, or delivered for shipment in commerce in the ordinary course of business. MISBRANDED FUR PRODUCTS

SEC. 4. For the purposes of this Act, a fur product shall be considered to be misbranded— (1) if it is falsely or deceptively labeled or otherwise falsely or deceptively identified, or if the label contains any form of misrepresentation or deception, directly or by implication, with respect to such fur product; (2) if there is not affixed to the fur product a label showing in words and figures plainly legible— (A) the name or names (as set forth in the F u r Products Name Guide) of the animal or animals that produced the fur, and such qualifying statement as may be required pursuant to section 7(c) of this Act; (B) that the fur product contains or is composed of used fur, when such is the fact; (C) that the fur product contains or is composed of bleached, dyed, or otherwise artificially colored fur, when such is the fact; (D) that the fur product is composed in whole or in substantial part of paws, tails, bellies, or waste fur, when such is the fact; (E) the name, or other identification issued and registered by the Commission, of one or more of the persons who manufacture such fur product for introduction into commerce, introduce it into commerce, sell it in commerce, advertise or offer it for sale in commerce, or transport or distribute it in commerce;

38 Stat. 717. 15 U.S.C. §58

Penalty.

Nonapplicabillty.

�