15 U.S.C. § 69e : US Code - Section 69E: Name guide for fur products

Search 15 U.S.C. § 69e : US Code - Section 69E: Name guide for fur products

(a) Fur Products Name Guide
The Commission shall, with the assistance and cooperation of the
Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior,
within six months after August 8, 1951, issue, after holding public
hearings, a register setting forth the names of hair, fleece, and
fur-bearing animals, which shall be known as the Fur Products Name
Guide. The names used shall be the true English names for the
animals in question, or in the absence of a true English name for
an animal, the name by which such animal can be properly identified
in the United States.
(b) Additions and deletions; public hearing
The Commission may, from time to time, with the assistance and
cooperation of the Department of Agriculture and Department of the
Interior, after holding public hearings, add to or delete from such
register the name of any hair, fleece, or fur-bearing animal.
(c) Prevention of confusion or deception
If the name of an animal (as set forth in the Fur Products Name
Guide) connotes a geographical origin or significance other than
the true country or place of origin of such animal, the Commission
may require whenever such name is used in setting forth the
information required by this subchapter, such qualifying statements
as it may deem necessary to prevent confusion or deception.
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