Does the use of the name Pima guarantee a products cotton content?
Not necessarily. In the past, some textile products that were labeled or marketed as “Pima cotton” goods were not always made of all-Pima cotton. The Supima® trademark is the consumer’s only guarantee that a product is made of 100% American Pima cotton. The Federal Trade Commission ruled in June of 1997 that manufacturers and retailers would have to itemize cotton source content on any apparel or textile product when the name of a premium fiber was being used. For example, a product made of 60% American Pima cotton and 40% upland cotton could be labeled and marketed as 100% cotton. But if the retailer or manufacturer wants to mention the Supima name in the labeling or marketing, they would have to list the content of both the Supima and the upland cotton. The content should be listed based on weight percentage.
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