Textile Labelling Act

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The Textile Labelling Act is a Canadian federal law that regulates the accurate labelling and advertising of textile fibre products to protect consumers from misleading information.

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Textile Labelling Act canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal statute ⓘ
consumer protection law ⓘ
administeredBy Competition Bureau Canada ⓘ
linked to: Competition Bureau
appliesTo imported textile fibre products sold in Canada ⓘ
textile fibre products sold in Canada ⓘ
complianceMechanism inspection and enforcement by federal authorities ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
covers consumer textile articles ⓘ
fibre content representations in advertising ⓘ
enforcedBy Competition Bureau Canada ⓘ
linked to: Competition Bureau
geographicalScope all Canadian provinces ⓘ
all Canadian territories ⓘ
jurisdiction Canada ⓘ
languageRequirement English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalForm Act of Parliament of Canada ⓘ
objective to enable consumers to make informed purchasing decisions about textile products ⓘ
penaltyType fines for non-compliance ⓘ
orders to correct non-compliant labelling or advertising ⓘ
policyArea consumer protection ⓘ
fair competition in the marketplace ⓘ
prohibits deceptive marketing practices related to textile fibre products ⓘ
false or misleading textile fibre content claims ⓘ
protects consumers ⓘ
honest competitors in the textile market ⓘ
purpose to ensure accurate labelling of textile fibre products ⓘ
to prevent false or misleading representations relating to textile fibre products ⓘ
to protect consumers from misleading information ⓘ
regulates advertising of textile fibre products ⓘ
labelling of textile fibre products ⓘ
relatedTo Competition Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Competition Act

Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act ⓘ
requires bilingual labelling in English and French for consumer textile articles ⓘ
disclosure of fibre content on labels ⓘ
identification of the dealer responsible for the product ⓘ
use of generic fibre names on labels ⓘ
scope labelling of textile fibre content, dealer identity, and care information where required ⓘ
sector textile industry ⓘ

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