Question

"When the bacteria Salmonella was found in the jars of peanut butter, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall. As a result, the product's manufacturer, PBJ Industries, experienced a record drop in sales, while the company's main competitor, Uncle Jerry's Peanut Spread, saw the largest sales growth in the company's history. "
This is a sample excerpt from a business news article. Think about what the excerpt has to say about the role of regulation. What primary role of regulatory agencies is the article excerpt referring to? Check all that apply.

1. to promote competition
2. to protect consumers
3. to ensure product safety
4. to maintain public health standards
5. to increase food industry subsidies

Answer 1

Answer:

2. to protect consumers

3. to ensure product safety

4. to maintain public health standards

Explanation:

The Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of the United States that protects and promotes public health through supervision and regulation of food, drugs, medication, vaccines, among others. The article excerpt indicates that the FDA does meet its supervisory role as it found a bacteria in the jars of peanut butter made by PBJ industries, and it also meets its regulatory role of protecting consumers, ensuring product safety and maintaining public health standards because once it identified the presence of the Salmonella, which causes food poising and other diseases, it issued a recall, suggesting that it is not tolerable the presence of this bacteria in a product.

Answer 2

Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 are correct.

Regulatory agencies play more of a role, but the general intent is to care for the health of American citizens. To this end, the policies adopted are to create sanitary guidelines that guarantee the origin of food products and strict inspection, from the production process to the final distribution.

With these policies, the Food and Drug Administration ensures the safety of products, protecting citizens and ensuring public health standards.