[Jewelry making - Article 00743] - Re: [Orchid] FTC guidelines

[Jim]

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Kriste,

    At the risk of having anything stripped from the message, I am
    adding the text from an FTC booklet that can be downloaded that
    relates to this. 

    James 

          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. 

          Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission 

          FC EDERAL RADE OMMISSION T FTC OR HE ONSUMER 1-877-FTC-HELP
          www.ftc.gov
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