Production and Labelling of Apparel and Textiles

- Regulations in Canada -

The Apparel Industry

Apparel industries have been developing for many centuries.

Textiles and clothing changed course from handmade garments to mass-produced, ready-to-wear garments due to the Industrial Revolution

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Mechanized textile mills are able to make fabrics of better quality and less time

Today, more than 10 percent of all world business is related to clothing.

Textile and apparel production is the largest industry in many nations

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Trade Associations

Are groups that promote or further the interests of a certain industry or trade.

They set industry standards and allow communication among their members

Lobby to the government for laws that help their industry to the public◦For example, Canadian Apparel Federation

The Competition Bureau, as an independent law enforcement agency, ensures that Canadian businesses and consumers prosper in a competitive and innovative marketplace.

Canadian Labelling Regulations

product attributes and the manner in which apparel products are sold in the marketplace are governed by law

protects consumers against fraud

provides a level playing field for manufacturers and retailers. http://www.tssa.org/regulated/upholstered/default.asp

http://www.apparel.ca/general_regulations.html

II. Objectives of the Textile Labelling Act & the Textile Labelling and Advertising Regulations

to protect consumers against misrepresentation in the labelling and advertising of textile fibre products;

to enable consumers to choose textiles on the basis of fibre content.

http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/01667.html#Prohibitions

Labelling Issues

The major labelling issues are:Fibre Content labellingCare LabellingDealer Identity andCountry of Origin

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/oca-bc.nsf/eng/ca02009.html

Care labels: