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Originally Posted by Yolina
Will you be happy with US regulations? Guides for Select Leather and Imitation Leather Products
'Rule Summary:
The Leather Guides address misrepresentations about the composition and characteristics of certain leather and imitation leather products, and state that disclosure of non-leather content should be made for material that appears to be, but is not, leather.' |
I'm happy that that is that what the rules state; however that doesn't mean they are followed 100%[1]. I have bought products from US sellers, since the date of those regs, that say they're "leather" but aren't. It's also unclear to me whether those regs (for luggage, handbags, wallets, belts and shoes, and "similar articles") apply explicitly to ereader covers.
I get that an unqualified "leather" SHOULD always mean animal leather. I just don't agree that, in practice, it does. I'm looking for any clarification from an Amazon source that the Oasis cover is cowhide.
[1] Take this part of the regs, for example: "(2) If the terms “ground leather,” “pulverized leather,” “shredded leather,” “reconstituted leather,” or “bonded leather” are used, a disclosure of the percentage of leather fibers and the percentage of non-leather substances contained in the material. For example: An industry product made of a composition material consisting of 60% shredded leather fibers may be described as: Bonded Leather Containing 60% Leather Fibers and 40% Non-leather Substances." I don't know that I've ever seen a percentage declaration label on this sort of product - just "PU leather" or the like.