Senate Passes Truth in Fur Labeling Act

[rpannier]

The Truth in Fur Labeling Act (H.R. 2480) was unanimously passed last week -- December 7 -- by the U.S. senate and is on its way to President Obama for signature. This law requires all fur products to be labeled with the species of animal, country of origin, manufacturer and other information.

The problem with the existing law is the exception it allows for fur valued at less than $150. A label informing the consumer about the type of fur is not required. Many fur-trimmed items like coat collars, hats and gloves are below that price.

Those items are often mislabeled as faux fur, raccoon or coyote when they are actually domestic dog, cat, wolf or raccoon dog. According to the Federal Trade Commission, one in every eight garments falls into this category.

http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/senate-passes-truth-in-fur-labeling-act/

[Taverner]

1. Gimmie Faux Fur please

I love me some faux fur - something nice and uniform

And no animal got 2K volts up the ass for my coat

[HopeHoops]

2. Probably won't stop JC Penney. Remember the raccoon dog issue?

If you're not familiar with it, JC Penney had coats with a fur neck piece labeled "raccoon". They were (of course) made in China and that "raccoon" was from a type of dog they breed in China that has a coat that looks like raccoon. When someone blew the whistle, they IMMEDIATELY put out a press release saying they were pulling all of those coats off of the shelf. They did that. But they also sent an internal memo to all stores instructing employees to use a black permanent marker to block out the word "raccoon" and put the same coats back on the racks.

Fuck JC Penney.

[FarCenter]

3. Raccoon Dogs are neither raccoons nor dogs; they are a separate species

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon_Dog

[sasha031]

4. this is good news...I hope there is day when all fur is faux

[MindandSoul]

5. Why not just make everyone's job simpler and ban real fur of any kind all the time?

We can all wear synthetic fur, and leave animals alone!