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The part creates no obligation to say anything Which puts it in a small group among the spines described here Four postures are now collected and they are genuinely different Suppression is the textile fiber rules Ruling a word inadequate is the jewelry guides And governing a voluntary claim is this rule and one other Which has a consequence worth stating for anybody writing copy The prohibition is framed through the Federal Trade Commission Act And it applies in connection with promoting or offering for sale That wider reach is why this part is the right one to close this library on References

It imposes no labeling requirement at all. Which is a fourth posture for this library.

The part creates no obligation to say anything

There is no requirement to state an origin, no panel, no type size and no prescribed words. A product that says nothing about where it came from never engages this rule.

Which puts it in a small group among the spines described here

Almost every other rule in this library compels a disclosure. A net weight, a fiber content, a hazard statement, a care instruction, two words on a drum. The obligation arrives whether or not anybody wanted to speak.

Four postures are now collected and they are genuinely different

A rule can compel a disclosure, suppress a true one, rule a particular word inadequate, or govern a claim somebody volunteered.

Suppression is the textile fiber rules

A fiber present in less than five percent of the total fiber weight may not be designated by its generic name and must be called other fiber. An accurate statement, prohibited.

Ruling a word inadequate is the jewelry guides

The use of faux to describe a laboratory-created or imitation stone is not an adequate disclosure. Nobody is forbidden to write it and writing it accomplishes nothing.

And governing a voluntary claim is this rule and one other

This part, and the Lacey Act false labeling offense. Both are silent until somebody says something, and both then test what was said.

Which has a consequence worth stating for anybody writing copy

The safest position under this rule is silence, and the rule is comfortable with that. It is not trying to get origin information to a buyer; it is trying to make sure that what is said is supportable.

The prohibition is framed through the Federal Trade Commission Act

An unfair or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of section 5(a)(1). So the part is a specification of when a particular claim becomes a section 5 violation rather than a freestanding labeling regime.

And it applies in connection with promoting or offering for sale

Which is wider than labeling. Promoting or offering for sale reaches advertising and solicitation, not only what is printed on a product, and the mail order section makes that explicit.

That wider reach is why this part is the right one to close this library on

Because the definition it gives of a mail order catalog is a definition of what this whole library is, and the containers section is about what that implies.

References

16 CFR 323.2, Prohibited acts: "In connection with promoting or offering for sale any good or service, in or affecting commerce as “commerce” is defined in section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 44, it is an unfair or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of section 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 45(a)(1), to label any product as Made in the United States unless the final assembly or processing of the product occurs in the United States, all significant processing that goes into the product occurs in the United States, and all or virtually all ingredients or components of the product are made and sourced in the United States." law.cornell.edu

16 CFR 323.1(a): "The term Made in the United States means any unqualified representation, express or implied, that a product or service, or a specified component thereof, is of U.S. origin, including, but not limited to, a representation that such product or service is “made,” “manufactured,” “built,” “produced,” “created,” or “crafted” in the United States or in America, or any other unqualified U.S.-origin claim." law.cornell.edu

Written from 16 CFR part 323 and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. Part 323 is the Made in USA Labeling Rule and it governs an unqualified claim of United States origin; it imposes no labeling requirement on anybody who makes no such claim, and it does not reach any container on this shelf. The catalog records no country of origin for any product, so nothing here states the origin of anything or whether any product may be labeled Made in the USA. Nothing here is advice about origin claims or advertising. This shelf is a subset of the store-small-dry shelf and the sewing notions property enumerates that shelf in full.