Fur Products Labeling Act
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The Fur Products Labeling Act (, 15 U.S.C. ยง 69), otherwise known as the Fur Act, is a United States act banning the misbranding of fur products and requiring a name guide for fur products, among other things. The act does not apply to
fur Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of mammals. It consists of a combination of oily guard hair on top and thick underfur beneath. The guard hair keeps moisture from reaching the skin; the underfur acts as an insulating blanket t ...
gained from
trapping Animal trapping, or simply trapping or gin, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal. Animals may be trapped for a variety of purposes, including food, the fur trade, hunting, pest control, and wildlife management. History Neolithic ...
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hunting Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...
and does not apply to the face to face transactions between the customer and the seller, provided the seller trapped or hunted the animal the fur originated from, the location of sale is not the seller's own permanent business premises and that the income generated by sales is not the seller's primary income.


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{{reflist Fur Acts of the 111th United States Congress United States federal commerce legislation