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The document summarizes several US government agencies and their roles. The Federal Trade Commission promotes consumer protection and prevents anti-competitive business practices. The Food and Drug Administration regulates the safety of foods, drugs, medical devices and other products. The US Postal Service prevents mail fraud. The Department of Agriculture creates policy around farming and agriculture. The Environmental Protection Agency protects the environment and regulates activities that could harm it.
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- 2. Federal Trade Commission The federal trade commission principal mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of what regulators perceive to be harmfully "anti-competitive" business practices, such as coercive monopoly.
- 3. Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for regulating and supervising the safety of foods, dietary supplements, drugs, vaccines, biological medical products, blood products, medical devices, radiation-emitting devices, veterinary products, and cosmetics.
- 4. USPS The USPS prevents mail fraud from happening.
- 5. Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture is the United States federal executive department responsible for developing and executing U.S. federal government policy on farming, agriculture, and food.
- 6. The EPA The Environmental Protect of Agency protects the environment and checks tried to regulate less problems that involve the environment in an country.