In 2014, superglue companies across the country found themselves in a sticky situation. The Federal Trade Commission had turned its gaze to the industry, suspecting that several glue businesses were sourcing their raw materials overseas but promoting their finished products as “Made in the USA.”
Before long, the investigation bore fruit: In April 2015, federal regulators closed an investigation into Toagosei America Inc.—more widely known as Krazy Glue—after the company agreed to update its “Made in the USA” claims to state “Made in USA with foreign materials.” Two months later, the FTC closed a similar investigation of Gorilla Glue after the company agreed to make clear that its products included some imported materials.
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