Consumer Product Safety Commission

accessible so we can sell our products with confidence and peace of mind. In doing this the customer can purchase with confidence that they understand the product and accept full responsibility for damages while using our products. Consumers need to know to two key things and that is liability and warnings. They need to understand that when they use the fireworks any damaged caused is their responsibly. To insure this we need to make sure that the labels on our products contain the following…

produce the total consumer demand for a product or service at a lower long-run total cost than if two or more firms produce the total industry output (Thomas & Maurice, 2013). In these instances, the government allows a natural monopoly to operate, but is subject to government regulation to ensure an efficient outcome that maximizes social surplus (Thomas & Maurice, 2013). Antitrust policies are enforced in the United States by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission; they…

Maggi case: Will Maggi bounce back? Would Nestle be able to leverage the crisis and gamble on the Indian market? Introduction In beginning of June 2015, India’s Food safety administration (FDA) ordered Nestle India to recall its popular 2-minute Maggi noodles after tests showed that the product contained high levels of lead and MSG. The recall was followed by a ban on Maggi by most states of India. It was a precarious situation for Maggi as its most selling brand was facing heat and the whole…

care equipment (Naics 2014). This equipment makes maintaining a lawn, or garden more convenient to the user. It makes the consumer do less work, as well as do it in a shorter amount of time. A few well-known brands are John Deer, Toro, Honda, and Kubota. All of these companies manufacture machines that make the lawn easier to maintain every single day that they make new products at competitive prices. These powered mowers that the industry produces consists of zero-turn riding lawn mowing…

Honesty and fairness is the all-encompassing issue within the automotive industry, touching on safety versus cost and environmental impact. However, it is most prominent in the automotive repair industry. Customers are once again the primary stakeholder affected by this issue, as they are taken advantage of for increased profits by mechanics and automotive salesman. Similar to the previous two issues, honesty and transparency are paramount values when it comes to the fairness of prices. The most…

Americans must rally to protect “a right to childhood.” In 1893, Kelley persuaded the Illinois legislature to outlaw child labor and limit working hours for women, and she became head of the National Consumers’ League, which prepared consumer pressure for improved factory conditions. The workplace safety rely on expert research. The bacteriologist Alice Hamilton, a pioneer in the new field of industrial hygiene, reported on lead poisoning among industrial workers in 1910. As an investigator…

compliance with food safety regulations (such as food exceeding its “sell-by”…

When the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously in December of 2010 to approve new mandatory crib standards to ensure safe sleeping for infants, the Indiana Association for Child Care Resource and Referral (IACCRR) knew that replacing the current cribs would be a challenge for Indiana child care providers. Hundreds of cribs in child care centers and child care homes in Indiana needed to be replaced to meet the new standards. At an average cost of $255 per crib,…

muckraker railed for public outcry of labor equity. He launched a consumer movement through the midst of a harsh stockyard strike from unfairly payed wage workers, socialist writer Upton Sinclair visited Chicago’s “Packing town” region which contributed to copious array of material that later turned into his best-selling novel, The Jungle. This book details the heinous process by which cattle, chickens, of the like became sold as meat products to Americans everywhere.…

the lives of workers through inhumane treatment of working conditions. There is a lack of safety, since industrialist know it is cheaper for workers to die than improve safety. To protect those working, we planned to passed legislation regarding the prevention of industrial accidents, occupational disease, involuntary unemployment, and other injuries. We also plan to pass legislation for improving safety and health standards, increasing federal control over taxing commerce among states, the…