---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 70d"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "70d"
heading: "Records"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/70d"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — Federal Trade Commission; Promotion of Export Trade and Prevention of Unfair Methods of Competition"
  - "Subchapter V — Textile Fiber Products Identification"
---

# §70d. Records

- (a) **Maintenance and preservation by manufacturer—** Every manufacturer of [textile fiber products](/usc/15/70.md?p=h) subject to this subchapter shall maintain proper records showing the [fiber](/usc/15/70.md?p=b) content as required by this subchapter of all such products made by him, and shall preserve such records for at least three years.
- (b) **Maintenance and preservation by person substituting stamp, tag, etc.** Any [person](/usc/15/70.md?p=a) substituting a stamp, tag, label, or other identification pursuant to [section 70c(b) of this title](/usc/15/70c.md?p=b) shall keep such records as will show the information set forth on the stamp, tag, label, or other identification that he removed and the name or names of the [person](/usc/15/70.md?p=a) or [persons](/usc/15/70.md?p=a) from whom such [textile fiber product](/usc/15/70.md?p=h) was received, and shall preserve such records for at least three years.
- (c) **Neglect or refusal to maintain or preserve records—** The neglect or refusal to maintain or preserve the records required by this section is unlawful, and any [person](/usc/15/70.md?p=a) neglecting or refusing to maintain such records shall be guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an unfair or deceptive act or practice, in [commerce](/usc/15/70.md?p=k), under the Federal Trade Commission Act [[15 U.S.C. 41](/usc/15/41.md) et seq.].

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–897, § 6, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1721.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is act Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 41 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of this title and Tables.