CNBC.com reports the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has assessed the largest civil penalty in U.S. history against Dallas-based Kubota North America Corporation for falsely labeling “Made in the USA” on some products.  The FTC announced it fined Kubota, one of the world’s largest tractor manufacturing companies, $2 million for mislabeling some of its replacement parts as “Made in the USA.”  The FTC had issued a prior fine against the company in 1999 for falsely claiming that a line of lawn tractors was made in the U.S.  Samuel Levine, who serves as Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said: “The FTC will continue cracking down on deceptive Made in USA claims that cheat consumers and honest businesses.”  

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