FTC to Hold Dec 6 Public Hearing on Fur Products Name Guide
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public hearing on December 6, 2011 in Washington, D.C. to obtain input on whether to amend the agency's Fur Products Name Guide that lists the common animal names that are allowed on fur labels. Among other issues, the FTC is interested in receiving comments on alternative names for "Asiatic raccoon" and whether to add “sheepskin” as an allowed name.
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(See ITT's Online Archives 11031427 for summary of FTC's advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on (i) examining the Fur Products Name Guide (e.g., determining whether any name changes are needed) and (ii) conforming its regulations to the 2010 Truth in Fur Labeling Act, which eliminates the fur-content labeling exemption for apparel that only contains relatively small quantities or values of fur. With the elimination of this exemption (see note on grace period below), almost all apparel with fur requires labeling.
See ITT's Online Archives 11040732 for summary of FTC grace period for the loss of this exemption, for apparel with fur that was delivered to the retailer by March 18, 2011 and is sold by March 18, 2012.
See ITT's Online Archives 11071548 for summary of FTC notice on the revision of its ten-year regulatory review schedule, which among other things noted that a review of the rules and regulations under the Fur Products Labeling Act was being initiated in 2011.)
Federal Register notice announcing this hearing available here.