---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 24.1"
title: "16"
number: "24.1"
heading: "Deception (general)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/24.1"
---

# §24.1. Deception (general).


It is unfair or deceptive to misrepresent, directly or by implication, the kind, grade, quality, quantity, material content, thickness, finish, serviceability, durability, price, origin, size, weight, ease of cleaning, construction, manufacture, processing, distribution, or any other material aspect of an industry product.


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 61 FR 51583, Oct. 3, 1996, unless otherwise noted.