Consumers need to be protected from goods or services that may be harmful to them. This is the purpose of the provision for consumer product safety. Consumers should not normally get ill, injured or affected in anyway by the products they buy and are found to be unsafe.
Imagine you buy a car and when you drive it, the pedals stick and the steering wheel locks while in motion and you have an accident. It means that particular car is faulty.
What if you buy bread and later you get ill because the bread was exposed to insecticides where you bought it? There are many things that may happen. Consumers need to be protected from negligence of traders. That is why it is important for consumers to read the labels, the manuals, follow instructions written or oral and do everything they can to limit their mistakes.
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