16 CFR § 303.35 - Use of terms “virgin” or “new.”
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s303.35"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 303.35 - Use of terms “virgin” or “new.”"
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "303.35"
section_name: "Use of terms “virgin” or “new.”"
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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# 303.35 Use of terms “virgin” or “new.”
The terms *virgin* or *new* as descriptive of a textile fiber 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, bonded, or similarly manufactured product.
[79 FR 18771, Apr. 4, 2014]