California’s Fur Loophole

This past Wednesday, Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, introduced legislation in California to correct a legal loophole that allows the inclusion of animal fur on garments without any indicator the fur is real. Because of the loophole, retailers and manufacturers currently do not have to disclose if the article of clothing contains real fur if the value of the item is under $150. Ma’s Assembly bill would require conspicuous labeling in California of any clothing containing real fur, regardless of price. If the bill is adopted, California will join New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin as the sixth state with a fur-labeling law.