16 CFR 300.20 - Use of the terms “virgin” or “new.”

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 16 - Commercial Practices last revised: Dec 15, 2025

View all text of Part 300 [§ 300.1 - § 300.35]

§ 300.20 - Use of the terms “virgin” or “new.”

The terms “virgin” or “new” as descriptive of a wool 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, braided, bonded, or otherwise manufactured or used product.

[79 FR 32163, June 4, 2014]

authority: 15 U.S.C. 68-68j.

source: 6 FR 3426, July 15, 1941, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 16 CFR 300.20