(a) Every article of bedding or filling material offered for sale shall have attached to it a tag which states: The name, as approved by the commissioner, of the filling material; whether the filling material is new or secondhand; the license number of the manufacturer, supply dealer, renovator or secondhand dealer; the name and address of the manufacturer, supply dealer, secondhand dealer, renovator or vendor; when applicable, the words “contents sterilized” and the permit number of the sterilizer; and the per cent by weight of each filling material. Secondhand bedding which has not been renovated may also bear on the tag the statement “as is – contents unknown”. Nothing other than the disclosures and statements required or permitted by this chapter shall appear on the tag.

(b) All tags attached to new bedding and filling material shall be legibly marked with the date of delivery to the consumer.

(c) Renovated bedding shall bear a tag which, in addition to the other statements required by this chapter, states: “Renovated for” followed by the name and address of the person for whom the bedding is renovated, the name and address of the renovator, the date sterilized, that the bedding contains the same filling material as when it was received, and the name and per cent by weight of each filling material added during renovation.

(d) Each container of filling material shall bear a tag which states: The name, license number and address of the manufacturer, supply dealer or vendor; the name of the filling material and whether the filling material is new or secondhand; and, if sterilized, the words “contents sterilized” and the permit number of the sterilizer. New bedding or new filling material shall not be transported with secondhand bedding or secondhand filling material that has not been sterilized.

(e) No misleading term or designation shall be used on any tag or literature accompanying any bedding or filling material. A variance in excess of ten per cent by weight of each filling material stated on the tag shall be deemed misleading. No variance shall be allowed for filling material which is described as “all”, “pure”, “one hundred per cent” or by terms of similar import.

(f) Tags required by this chapter shall be approved by the department and shall be made of durable material at least six square inches in area. Paper-faced tags shall not be used. Tags designating all new filling material shall be white. Tags designating secondhand or renovated bedding or filling material shall be yellow. Tags designating bedding or filling material placed off sale by the commissioner shall be red.

(g) Statements required on tags shall be legibly printed or stamped on one side only, in capital letters at least ten points or one-eighth of an inch in height, and in block lettering without serif. The tag may state that the bedding or filling material complies with the law of other states.

(1949 Rev., S. 4173; 1967, P.A. 255; P.A. 82-326, S. 3, 7; P.A. 83-360, S. 5.)

History: 1967 act excepted articles sold from home to purchaser directly at public auction, and added provisions re articles contaminated from smoke, fire or water; P.A. 82-326 deleted entire text of existing section and inserted new material; Sec. 19-421 transferred to Sec. 21a-233 in 1983; P.A. 83-360 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting the words “kind of” to clarify that filling material may not be added during renovation process.