---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1200"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "1200"
heading: "Persons excluded from operation of chapter"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1200"
units:
  - "Chapter 25 — Flammable Fabrics"
---

# §1200. Persons excluded from operation of chapter


The provisions of this chapter shall not apply (a) to any common carrier, contract carrier, or freight forwarder in transporting a [product](/usc/15/1191.md?p=h), [fabric](/usc/15/1191.md?p=f), or [related material](/usc/15/1191.md?p=g) shipped or delivered for shipment into [commerce](/usc/15/1191.md?p=b) in the ordinary course of its business; (b) to any converter, processor, or finisher in performing a contract or [commission](/usc/15/1191.md?p=i) service for the account of a [person](/usc/15/1191.md?p=a) subject to the provisions of this chapter: Provided, That said converter, processor, or finisher does not cause any [product](/usc/15/1191.md?p=h), [fabric](/usc/15/1191.md?p=f), or [related material](/usc/15/1191.md?p=g) to become subject to this chapter contrary to the terms of the contract or [commission](/usc/15/1191.md?p=i) service; or (c) to any [product](/usc/15/1191.md?p=h), [fabric](/usc/15/1191.md?p=f), or [related material](/usc/15/1191.md?p=g) shipped or delivered for shipment into [commerce](/usc/15/1191.md?p=b) for the purpose of finishing or processing such [product](/usc/15/1191.md?p=h), [fabric](/usc/15/1191.md?p=f), or [related material](/usc/15/1191.md?p=g) so that it conforms with applicable flammability standards issued or amended under the provisions of [section 1193 of this title](/usc/15/1193.md).


## Source credit

(June 30, 1953, ch. 164, § 11, 67 Stat. 115; Pub. L. 90–189, § 8, Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 573.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1967—Pub. L. 90–189 substituted “in transporting a product, fabric, or related material” for “with respect to an article of wearing apparel or fabric”, “product, fabric, or related material” for “article of wearing apparel or fabric” in two places, and “such product, fabric, or related material so that it conforms with applicable flammability standards issued or amended under the provisions of section 1193 of this title” for “to render such article or fabric not so highly flammable, under the provisions of section 1193 of this title, as to be dangerous when worn by individuals”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Secretary of Commerce, and Federal Trade Commission under this chapter transferred to Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with functions of Federal Trade Commission under Federal Trade Commission Act, to extent such functions relate to administration and enforcement of this chapter, see section 2079 of this title.