---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 23.2"
title: "16"
number: "23.2"
heading: "Misuse of the terms “handmade,” “hand-polished,” etc."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/23.2"
---

# §23.2. Misuse of the terms “handmade,” “hand-polished,” etc.

- (a) It is unfair or deceptive to represent, directly or by implication, that any industry product is handmade or hand-wrought unless the entire shaping and forming of such product from raw materials and its finishing and decoration were accomplished by hand labor and manually-controlled methods which permit the maker to control and vary the construction, shape, design, and finish of each part of each individual product.
- (b) It is unfair or deceptive to represent, directly or by implication, that any industry product is hand-forged, hand-engraved, hand-finished, or hand-polished, or has been otherwise hand-processed, unless the operation described was accomplished by hand labor and manually-controlled methods which permit the maker to control and vary the type, amount, and effect of such operation on each part of each individual product.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 45, 46.

### Source

Source: 83 FR 40667, Aug. 16, 2018, unless otherwise noted.