---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 69b"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "69b"
heading: "Misbranded fur products"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/69b"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — Federal Trade Commission; Promotion of Export Trade and Prevention of Unfair Methods of Competition"
  - "Subchapter IV — Labeling of Fur Products"
---

# §69b. Misbranded fur products


For the purposes of this subchapter, a [fur product](/usc/15/69.md?p=d) shall be considered to be misbranded—

- (1) if it is falsely or deceptively labeled or otherwise falsely or deceptively identified, or if the label contains any form of misrepresentation or deception, directly or by implication, with respect to such [fur product](/usc/15/69.md?p=d);
- (2) if there is not affixed to the [fur product](/usc/15/69.md?p=d) a label showing in words and figures plainly legible—
  - (A) the name or names (as set forth in the [Fur Products Name Guide](/usc/15/69.md?p=i)) of the animal or animals that produced the [fur](/usc/15/69.md?p=b), and such qualifying statement as may be required pursuant to [section 69e(c) of this title](/usc/15/69e.md?p=c);
  - (B) that the [fur product](/usc/15/69.md?p=d) contains or is composed of [used fur](/usc/15/69.md?p=c), when such is the fact;
  - (C) that the [fur product](/usc/15/69.md?p=d) contains or is composed of bleached, dyed, or otherwise artificially colored [fur](/usc/15/69.md?p=b), when such is the fact;
  - (D) that the [fur product](/usc/15/69.md?p=d) is composed in whole or in substantial part of paws, tails, bellies, or [waste fur](/usc/15/69.md?p=e), when such is the fact;
  - (E) the name, or other identification issued and registered by the [Commission](/usc/15/69.md?p=g), of one or more of the [persons](/usc/15/69.md?p=a) who manufacture such [fur product](/usc/15/69.md?p=d) for introduction into [commerce](/usc/15/69.md?p=j), introduce it into [commerce](/usc/15/69.md?p=j), sell it in [commerce](/usc/15/69.md?p=j), advertise or offer it for sale in [commerce](/usc/15/69.md?p=j), or transport or distribute it in [commerce](/usc/15/69.md?p=j);
  - (F) the name of the country of origin of any imported [furs](/usc/15/69.md?p=b) used in the [fur product](/usc/15/69.md?p=d);
- (3) if the label required by [paragraph (2)(A)](#2-A) of this section sets forth the name or names of any animal or animals other than the name or names provided for in such paragraph.

## Source credit

(Aug. 8, 1951, ch. 298, § 4, 65 Stat. 177.)

## Notes

### Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of Federal Trade Commission, with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 8 of 1950, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1264, set out under section 41 of this title.