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FTC fines four more retail groups over bamboo “mislabelling”

08/01/2016

US consumer protection agency the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) imposed a fine of $150,000 on specialist outdoor online retailer Backcountry.com in December for “mislabelling and advertising rayon textiles as [being] made of bamboo”. Utah-based Backcountry.com was one of four retailers issued with fines for the same alleged violation. The other...

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