What is a product warranty?
AnswerA promise to repair or replace a product for a set time
A warranty is the maker's or seller's promise about a product's condition.
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The basics
What is a product recall?
AnswerA request to return or fix a product because of a defect
Recalls pull or repair products with safety or quality problems.
Going deeper
Which US agency, created by a 1972 law, oversees the safety of many household products?
AnswerConsumer Product Safety Commission
The CPSC was created by the Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972.
Ralph Nader's 1965 book 'Unsafe at Any Speed' focused on safety in which industry?
AnswerAutomobiles
The book criticized car safety design.
Which US president outlined a consumer bill of rights in a 1962 message to Congress?
AnswerJohn F. Kennedy
Kennedy's March 15, 1962 message named four basic consumer rights.
Expert level
The 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act passed partly after which Upton Sinclair book?
AnswerThe Jungle
The Jungle exposed conditions in Chicago meatpacking plants.
In what year was Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, founded?
Answer1936
Consumers Union was founded in 1936 and began publishing its magazine that year.
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