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Question 31

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Labels on vegetables and fruits are not required to indicate where the food originated.

A) True
B) False

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Question 32

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Sweet Treats, Inc., wants to market a new snack food. On the prod?uct's la?bel, standard nutrition facts are

A) prohibited.
B) required.
C) strictly voluntary.
D) warranted by the nature of the food.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Quik Collection Agency calls Pat several times a day, and some?times in the middle of the night, about an overdue bill that Regal Sporting Goods turned over to Quik for collection. This is a violation of

Vague generalities and obvious exaggerations constitute deceptive advertising.

Milo buys an all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) from No-Limit Toys, Inc., on credit but makes no payments on the account. Odell, the owner of No-Limit Toys, calls Milo at home on a Monday morning at three a.m. Odell represents himself as PayNow Collection Agency and demands payment "or else." The next day, Odell sends Milo notice that he has thirty days in which to request verification of the debt and that its payment will be suspended during that time, but that if he does not pay the full amount due within five business days, Odell will arrange for the "destruction of Milo's good credit rating." Which laws has Odell violated, if any, and in what ways?

A barge owned by Oceanic Shipping Company discharges some of the oil contained in its hold into the sea and onto the shore. Under the Oil Pollution Act, this is most likely

The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide emissions, do not constitute a public danger.

An environmental impact statement is required for every major federal action that significantly affects the quality of the environment.

Consumer Finance Corporation (CFC) extends credit to consumers. CFC is subject to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which prohibits credit dis?crimination based on

Any point source emitting pollutants into water must have a permit.

Without a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Holiday Timeshares, Inc., fills a wetlands area that it owns before constructing a residential resort. Under the Clean Water Act, this is most likely

All ads-both online and offline-must be truthful.

Food labels are not required to provide standard nutrition facts.

Metro City operates its own municipal public drinking water system for which the Environmental Protection Agency has set maximum levels of pollutants. Metro does not use any equipment to meet these standards. With regard to any contamination of the water, under the Safe Drinking Water Act, this is most likely

Different standards for air quality apply to existing sources of pollution and major new sources.

Odiferous Waste Company is a subsidiary of Precarious Investments, Inc. Odiferous op?erates a hazardous waste disposal site. QuikChem Corporation is one of many parties who generate waste disposed of at the site. Odiferous borrows money from Regal Bank, which takes over the site when Odiferous goes bankrupt. The Environmental Protection Agency discov?ers a leak at the site. Can any of these private parties be forced to pay for the clean up? If so, who?

Industrial Solvents, Inc., averages $15,000 profit per day before deciding to ignore air pollution standards, after which the average is $30,000. Industrial Solvents is subject to a fine of

Cleaners & Solvents, Inc. (CSI) , engages in de?ceptive advertising when it markets its product Dirt Remover as able to kill germs over long periods of time. In an action against CSI regarding Dirt Remover, the firm is ordered to stop its false advertis?ing of Dirt Remover and other products. This is

Advertising will not be deemed deceptive so long as it appears to be based on factual evidence, even if it is not.

Corner Market sells groceries. Delite Food & Drug Store sells groceries and fills prescriptions. The chief responsibility to prevent unsafe food and drugs from being sold rests with