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ARTICLE · 23 APRIL 2020

FTC's March Closing Letters -- A Quick Recap

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In March, the Federal Trade Commission issued three closing letters, all related to "made in USA" claims.

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In March, the Federal Trade Commission issued three closing letters, all related to "made in USA" claims. The FTC says that, when making unqualified "made in USA" claims about a product, marketers must substantiate that the product was "all or virtually all" made in the United States. (For more information about the FTC's "made in USA" standards, check out the FTC's Enforcement Policy Statement on U.S. Origin Claims.)

On March 17th, the FTC closed an investigation into Aqua Marine Deck, Inc. The FTC expressed concerns that marketing materials with broad, unqualified claims that Aqua Marine products are made in the United States may have failed to account for the fact that certain of the Company's marine decking products contain significant foreign content.

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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