16 CFR § 423.3 - What this regulation does.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s423.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 423.3 - What this regulation does."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "423.3"
section_name: "What this regulation does."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "TRADE REGULATION RULES"
part_number: "423"
part_name: "CARE LABELING OF TEXTILE WEARING APPAREL AND CERTAIN PIECE GOODS AS AMENDED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "38 Stat. 717, as amended; (15 U.S.C. 41, )"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 22743, May 20, 1983; 48 FR 24869, June 3, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "423"
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# 423.3 What this regulation does.

This regulation requires manufacturers and importers of textile wearing apparel and certain piece goods, in or affecting commerce, as “commerce” is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act, to provide regular care instructions at the time such products are sold to purchasers through the use of care labels or other methods described in this rule.