I Lab-tested “100% Cashmere” Gloves And They Contained 0%. Why Do U.s. Laws Allow This?

Location: New York, USA. Hi everyone. I have a question I genuinely don’t understand, and maybe someone here can explain it. Why do so many violations of consumer protection laws in the U.S. seem to go without consequences?

A bit of context: I’m from Germany and currently in the U.S. for work for a limited time. While I’m here, I buy basic things like clothing online. Recently I ordered bed sheets on Amazon. The listing said 100% organic cotton. There were no certificates visible, but I assumed platforms like Amazon would verify claims like that.

When the sheets arrived, it was obvious there was synthetic fiber in the fabric. Yet the label still said 100% organic cotton. And honestly, this seems to happen quite often.

At first I thought this might just be an Amazon problem, so I tried Etsy instead. Unfortunately, it was even worse. I bought gloves advertised as 100% cashmere. When they arrived, they clearly didn’t feel like cashmere. I decided to test them in a lab.

The result showed 0% cashmere. The material turned out to be a blend of wool, synthetic fibers, and an unidentified fiber (possibly rabbit).

I was honestly shocked. After reading U.S. textile labeling laws, I couldn’t believe how widely sellers on Amazon and Etsy seem to ignore them.

I contacted several agencies that are supposed to oversee this in the U.S., but after 2.5 months I haven’t received a single response. Some colleagues even told me I was being naïve.

I’m only in the U.S. temporarily for work, but I’m genuinely surprised by how common this seems to be. How do consumers here deal with this kind of misleading labeling?