Consumer Protection Allison, Desire, Emily, Deanna, Kathy
The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
1967
Def: Issued regulations requiring that "consumer commodities" be labled to disclose net contents identity of commodity and place of business.
Effect: It caused all food companies to label their products
This act is still relevent today because everything we buy has nutritional facts.
Highway Safety Act
1966
Def: enacted in the untied states in 1966 to empower the federal government to set and administer new safety standards for the road
Effect:It provided accident protection and adressed a wide range of issue such as diversesd , liscensing and pedestrians
This is still relevant today because we still have driving laws
Department of transportation
1967
Def: A federal cabinet department of the US government concerned with transportation
Effect: Responsible for helping maintain and develop the nations transportation systems and infrastructure
This is still relevent today because we use transportation