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Title
09
:
Commerce and Trade
Chapter
073
:
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Subchapter
004
:
SPECIFIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
§
2698. Textile products
A person shall
not keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell, any
textile yard goods put up or packaged in advance of sale in a bolt or roll, or
any other textile product put up or packaged in advance of sale in any other
unit, for either wholesale or retail sale, unless that bolt or roll, or such
other unit, is definitely, plainly, and conspicuously marked to show its net
measure in terms of yards or its net weight in terms of avoirdupois pounds or
ounces, subject, however, to the following limitations and requirements:
(1) Any unit of
twine or cordage may be marked to show its net measure in terms of feet.
Ready-wound bobbins that are not sold separately shall not be required to be
individually marked, but the package containing those bobbins shall be marked
to show the number of bobbins contained therein and the net weight or measure
of the thread on each bobbin. Any unit of sewing, basting, mending, darning,
crocheting, tatting, handknitting, or embroidery thread or yarn, except nylon
handknitting yarn, that is not composed in whole or in part of wool, the net
weight of which is less than two ounces avoirdupois, shall be marked to show
its net measure in terms of yards as unwound from the ball or from the spool or
other holder. Any retail unit of a textile product, sold only for household
use, consisting of a package containing two or more similar individual units
that are not sold separately, shall be marked to show the number of individual
units in the package and the net weight or net measure of the product in each
individual unit, but this proviso shall not apply where the individual units
are separately marked. Any unit of yarn, composed in whole or in part of wool,
sold to consumers for handiwork, shall be marked to show the net weight of such
yarn, except that any such unit of tapestry, mending, or embroidery yarn, the
net measure of which does not exceed 50 yards, may be marked to show its linear
measures only.
(2) The marking
required by this section shall in all cases be in combination with the name and
place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor of the product,
or a trademark, symbol, brand, or other mark that positively identifies such
manufacturer, packer, or distributor. Any such trademark, symbol, brand, or
other mark that is employed to identify the manufacturer, packer, or
distributor shall be filed with the Secretary.
(3) Reasonable
tolerances may be permitted, and these may be included in regulations for the
enforcement of this section that shall be issued by the Secretary.
(4) This section
shall not apply to the following textile products when sold at wholesale in
bulk by net weight: cordage, agricultural bag sewing threads, twines, yarns
that are to be processed, and yarns that are to be industrially converted into
end use products. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 32, eff. April 14, 1967; amended
1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)