Consumer Protection
- What is consumer protection?
- Why is it important?
- How does it affect me?
- How is it good?
- How is it bad?
Companies encouraging to super size
- Super Sized Fast Food
- How are companies doing it? sneaky...
- Companies tempt children by giving away prizes and giveaways
- in 2006 FTC reported that food and beverage companies spent 1.6 billion dollars to market their products to kids
- 63% was used for 3 categories- breakfast cereal, fast food, and carbonated drinks
- A San Jose Board of Supervisions is trying to prohibit Mcdonald's from giving away toys unless the nutrition of the meals increase
- How much is too much?
- Competition over Consumer Protection? ( protect economic interests)
- Consumer Protection exposes information upon customers and compresses the market
Roosevelt
- Passed the Pure Food and Drug Act
- Into the Wild
- Why was it so impactful
- perfect example of the role of consumer protection
- denounced soft drinks due to the amount of sugar (9 teaspoons)
- Also denounced high heels!
- Civic Duty
- launched study on automobile accidents
- conclusion
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