16 CFR § 303.11 - Floor coverings containing backings, fillings, and paddings.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s303.11"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 303.11 - Floor coverings containing backings, fillings, and paddings."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "303.11"
section_name: "Floor coverings containing backings, fillings, and paddings."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER SPECIFIC ACTS OF CONGRESS"
part_number: "303"
part_name: "RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS IDENTIFICATION ACT"
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. 70"
regulatory_source: "24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "303"
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# 303.11 Floor coverings containing backings, fillings, and paddings.
In disclosing the required fiber content information as to floor coverings containing exempted backings, fillings, or paddings, the disclosure shall be made in such manner as to indicate that it relates only to the face, pile, or outer surface of the floor covering and not to the backing, filling, or padding. Examples of the form of marking these types of floor coverings as to fiber content are as follows:
100% Cotton Pile
Face—60% Rayon, 40% Cotton
Outer Surface—100% Wool