On a 1 May deadline, the National Law Review reports on new the rules of FTC Care Labeling.
Kristin McGaver Sikora, Megan Chester, Foley & Lardner LLP | May 1, 2026
Comment from U.S. Fashion Industry Association, Docket FTC-2025-0024-0001 (Apr. 18, 2025) (“USFIA is in full agreement with the regulatory language proposed by AAFA. We emphasize that textiles and apparel is a global business. USFIA members market their products throughout the world. Different markets have different labeling requirements and different language requirements. This has led to ever larger and more complicated care labels. These extensive labels are wasteful and uncomfortable for consumers. Digital labels would effectively reduce trade barriers for global companies. Digital labeling would allow firms to provide detailed product information for multiple countries in a readily accessible manner, such as using a simple QR code or other digital tools, resulting in reduced labels and label size. This approach also would enable firms to provide updated information to consumers, something which is not realistically available under the current system. Finally, it is sometimes the case that over time labels become illegible. The likelihood of that happening with a digital label is diminished. Allowing the use of digital labels would establish a more harmonized approach to labeling as other countries, such as the EU, Singapore and Australia, have proposed or enacted digital labels.”).