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Reasons why consumers need protection

Answer Text:
Consumer protection.
-Refers to the methods used by various parties to prevent exploitation of consumers by the business community.
Reasons why consumers need protection:
-To protect them from being overcharged on goods and services.
-Low quality goods: traders may supply low quality goods in the market.
-Less measures and quantities: traders may sell underweight goods and or wrong measurements.
-Unsafe goods: to protect them from getting poisonous goods.
-Producers and sellers sometimes may wrongly label goods or use misleading advertisements.