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[CITE: 15USC68a]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
   CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND 
               PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS
 
Sec. 68a. Misbranding declared unlawful

    The introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into commerce, or 
the sale, transportation, or distribution, in commerce, of any wool 
product which is misbranded within the meaning of this subchapter or the 
rules and regulations hereunder, is unlawful and shall be an unfair 
method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in 
commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.]; 
and any person who shall manufacture or deliver for shipment or ship or 
sell or offer for sale in commerce, any such wool product which is 
misbranded within the meaning of this subchapter and the rules and 
regulations hereunder is guilty of an unfair method of competition, and 
an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce within the meaning 
of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
    This section shall not apply--
    (a) To any common carrier or contract carrier in respect to a wool 
product shipped or delivered for shipment in commerce in the ordinary 
course of its business; or
    (b) To any person manufacturing, delivering for shipment, shipping, 
selling, or offering for sale, for exportation from the United States to 
any foreign country a wool product branded in accordance with the 
specifications of the purchaser and in accordance with the laws of such 
country.

(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, Sec. 3, 54 Stat. 1129.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in text, is act Sept. 
26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, as amended, which is classified 
generally to subchapter I (Sec. 41 et seq.) of this chapter. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of this 
title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 68b, 68e, 68g, 68h of this 
title.
