[Jewelry making - Article 00721] - Re: [Orchid] FTC guidelines

[James Binnion]

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>     What are the FTC guidelines? 

    http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/guides/jewel-gd.shtm 

    A7 23.3 Misuse of the terms "hand-made," "hand-polished," etc. 

        (a) It is unfair or deceptive to represent, directly or by
        implication, that any industry product is hand-made or
        hand-wrought unless the entire shaping and forming of such
        product from raw materials and its finishing and decoration were
        accomplished by hand labor and manually-controlled methods which
        permit the maker to control and vary the construction, shape,
        design, and finish of each part of each individual product. 

        Note to paragraph (a): As used herein, "raw materials" include
        bulk sheet, strip, wire, and similar items that have not been
        cut, shaped, or formed into jewelry parts, semi-finished parts,
        or blanks. 

        (b) It is unfair or deceptive to represent, directly or by
        implication, that any industry product is hand-forged,
        hand-engraved, hand-finished, or hand-polished, or has been
        otherwise hand-processed, unless the operation described was
        accomplished by hand labor and manually-controlled methods which
        permit the maker to control and vary the type, amount, and
        effect of such operation on each part of each individual product. 


James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550
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