The Federal and Trade Commission regulates some of the labeling. Actually they are pretty specific – they focus on textile, wool and automobiles. The FTC website says “Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and Wool Products Labeling Act — Require a Made in USA label on most clothing and other textile or wool household products if the final product is manufactured in the U.S. of fabric that is manufactured in the U.S., regardless of where materials earlier in the manufacturing process (for example, the yarn and fiber) came from. Textile products that are imported must be labeled as required by the Customs Service. A textile or wool product partially manufactured in the U.S. and partially manufactured in another country must be labeled to show both foreign and domestic processing.
So that covers our clothes and wooly bits. What about shoes? What about food? Beuty products? The list goes on and on…
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