16 CFR § 300.20 - Use of the terms “virgin” or “new.”
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s300.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 300.20 - Use of the terms “virgin” or “new.”"
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "300.20"
section_name: "Use of the terms “virgin” or “new.”"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER SPECIFIC ACTS OF CONGRESS"
part_number: "300"
part_name: "RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE WOOL PRODUCTS LABELING ACT OF 1939"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 68-68j."
regulatory_source: "6 FR 3426, July 15, 1941, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "300"
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# 300.20 Use of the terms “virgin” or “new.”
The terms “virgin” or “new” as descriptive of a wool product, or any fiber or part thereof, shall not be used when the product, fiber or part so described is not composed wholly of new or virgin fiber which has never been reclaimed from any spun, woven, knitted, felted, braided, bonded, or otherwise manufactured or used product.
[79 FR 32163, June 4, 2014]