consumer rights
Federal Agencies
vocabulary
MISC
t/other stuff
100

To be protected against products that are hazardous to health or life

What is Rights to Safety

100

Which agencies deal with safety hazards in foods

FDA

100

Court procedure allowing a party to bring suit on her behalf and for thos similary situated?

What is class action

100

advise consumers of risks and safety issues

What are warning labels

100

What is the name of the book that Upton Sinclair wrote

The Jungle

200

What is to be assured accesss to a varitey of goods and services at competitive prices

What is the right to choose

200

IF a manufacturer or retailer discovers that a product being sold is unsafe that information must be reported to?

What is Consumer Product Safety Commission

200

What is a person that uses goods and services

a consumer

200

The proper name for the person who actively promotes consumer casues

What is a consumer advocate

200

What is the Name of the book that Ralph Nader wrote

Unsafe at any speed

300

What is to know that their interests will be considered on the making of laws

Right to be heard

300

Regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable

What is the FCC

300

What is physical objects that are produced such as radios, chocolate chips cookies and magazines

What are goods

300

The name of the organization that goes by the acronym "the BBB"

The better business Bureau

300

Ralph Nader when he wrote his book, what car did this book target

Chevrolet Corvair

400

What is consumers that are entitled to swift and fiar remedies for wrongs that are done

What is Redress

400

Regulates unfair methods of competition, false or deceptive advertising

What is the FTC

400

What are Services

Actions that are preformed for someone such as repairing a car, styling your hair

400

Did Upton Sinclair work in a meat packing plant


TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

400

Ralph Nader the book that he wrote, created a saftey act, what is the name of that saftey act

National Traffic and motor vehicle safety act

500

What is the Right to Consumer education?

What is having the opportunity to learn how to be effective consumers

500

New drugs cannot be marketed in this country without this agency's approval

What is the FOOD and Drug administration

500

unclean, impure

What is adulterated

500

What are some things included in the sausages other than meat?

 Rats, human parts, poisoned bread and diseased animals

500

This fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain

 What is Identity theft

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