15 U.S.C. § 68f : US Code - Section 68F: Exclusion of misbranded wool products

Search 15 U.S.C. § 68f : US Code - Section 68F: Exclusion of misbranded wool products

All wool products imported into the United States, except those
made more than twenty years prior to such importation, shall be
stamped, tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified in accordance
with the provisions of this subchapter and all invoices of such
wool products required under the Act of June 17, 1930 (c. 497,
title IV, 46 Stat. 719), shall set forth, in addition to the matter
therein specified, the information with respect to said wool
products required under the provisions of this subchapter, which
information shall be in the invoices prior to their certification
under said Act of June 17, 1930.
The falsification of, or failure to set forth, said information
in said invoices, or the falsification or perjury of the
consignee's declaration provided for in said Act of June 17, 1930,
insofar as it relates to said information, shall be an unfair
method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act, or
practice, in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act; and
any person who falsifies, or fails to set forth, said information
in said invoices, or who falsifies or perjures said consignee's
declaration insofar as it relates to said information, may
thenceforth be prohibited by the Commission from importing, or
participating in the importation of, any wool products into the
United States except upon filing bond with the Secretary of the
Treasury in a sum double the value of said wool products and any
duty thereon, conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of
this subchapter.
A verified statement from the manufacturer or producer of such
wool products showing their fiber content as required under the
provisions of this subchapter may be required under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
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