Federal · Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

15 U.S.C. § 1192: Prohibited transactions

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

Manufacturing, selling, or importing products or fabrics that fail to meet applicable federal standards is prohibited as an unfair trade practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

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The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, in commerce, or the importation into the United States, or the introduction, delivery for introduction, transportation or causing to be transported, in commerce, or the sale or delivery after a sale or shipment in commerce, of any product, fabric, or related material which fails to conform to an applicable standard or regulation issued or amended under the provisions of section 1193 of this title , shall be 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.]. The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, of any product made of fabric or related material which fails to conform to an applicable standard or regulation issued or amended under section 1193 of this title , and which has been shipped or received in commerce shall be 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.].

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