Are pillow tags illegal to remove?

What Pillow Tags Are Really For

Those tags with long lists of materials and “Do not remove” warnings weren’t put there to annoy you — they were created for consumer protection.

In the early 1900s, manufacturers sometimes sold bedding and furniture filled with whatever scraps they had — old fabric, straw, whatever was cheap. There were no rules about telling customers what they were buying.

To protect buyers, the government introduced regulations that require certain items like: