In March 2004, the Competition Bureau received an enquiry from a textile garment manufacturer who discovered that their product was being shipped into Canada from the USA with an incomplete dealer name and address.

Under subsection 11(b) of the Textile Labelling and Advertising Regulations, these garments require "the name and postal address of the dealer" to be listed on a permanent label attached to each garment.

After discussions with Bureau officials, the company provided written assurance that:

• all "prior" shipped articles will have a new label attached to comply with the Textile Labelling Act and the Textile Labelling and Advertising Regulations;
• future production will be labelled with a complete dealer name and postal address; and
• a quality control program has been put in place to prevent similar labelling errors in the future.

The issue was resolved in April 2004.

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