| A | B |
|---|
| Consumer Information Center | Resource for Government Publications for Consumers |
| Consumer Products Safety Commission | Promotes safety for consumer products by testing products, recalling unsafe products. |
| US Postal Service | enforces laws against fraud (false information) by mail. |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | Sets purity and safety standards for foods, drugs and makeup, ensures accurate labeling, removes unsafe foods and drugs from the market. |
| Department of Transportation (DOT) | Sets requirements for motor vehicle safety; tests automobile products. |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | helps reduce pollution; concerned with a healthy environment |
| Federal Trade Commision (FTC) | Enforces laws and regulations concerning compeition, false or unfair advertising, shady business practices, misleading or illegal labeling and packaging, |
| US Dept of Agriculture (USDA) | Inspects and grades meats and farm products; ensures food production is sanitary. |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | Ensures clean and safe work environment. |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | SEC - Oversees financial markets and the buying and selling or stock; protects investors. |
| Attorney General | Protects consumers by prosecuting those who break laws. |
| Public Utilities Commissions | Regulates utility companies rates; sets floor and cap. |
| Weights and Measures | Maintains scales, gas pumps to guarantee true weights and measurements. |
| License | gives a person the right to conduct business or practice a profession. |
| State Attorney General | Handles violations of consumer rights. |
| Consumer Reports | magazine that gives results or tests and ratings of products. |
| Underwriters Laboratories (UL) | tests electrical products for safety |
| Better Business Bureau | Persuades businesses to remedy problems or fufill promises for a service or product being questioned. |
