Cashmere DefinitionTHE WOOL PRODUCTS LABELING ACT OF 1939 - 15 U.S.C. § 68§ 68b. Misbranded wool products (a) False identification; affixation of label, etc., contents A wool product shall be misbranded - * * * (6) In the case of a wool product stamped, tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified as cashmere, if-- (A) such wool product is not the fine (dehaired) undercoat fibers produced by a cashmere goat (capra hircus laniger); (B) the average diameter of the fiber of such wool product exceeds 19 microns; or (C) such wool product contains more than 3 percent (by weight) of cashmere fibers with average diameters that exceed 30 microns. The average fiber diameter may be subject to a coefficient of variation around the mean that shall not exceed 24 percent. Copyright 2013, Agathon Associates. This page last updated 10/23/2014. |