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 All the required safety rules and regulations need to be strictly followed the producers.
 Special attention is required regarding safety while purchasing certain goods. For example,
while buying pressure cookers, its safety valve should be properly checked which, if
defective, can cause a serious accident.
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 High quality of these safety valves have to be ensured by its manufacturers.
 Public or government action is required to keep a check whether desired quality is
maintained or not.
 However, because of the weak supervision of these rules and the consumer movement is
also not strong enough, bad quality products do enter into the market.

LET’S WORK THESE OUT (Page No. 79)
1. For the following (you can add to the list) products/services discuss what safety rules
should be observed by the producer?
(i) LPG cylinder (ii) cinema theatre (iii) circus
(iv) medicines (v) edible oil (iv) marriage pandal
(vii) a high-rise building.

Ans. (i) LPG cylinder
(a) It should be properly checked to avoid any leakage. Proper seal should be there
and it should be delivered at customer’s place safely.
(ii) Cinema Theatre
(a) To ensure safety from fire, there should be adequate number of fire extinguishers
and sprinklers installed.
(b) Tight security sho uld be there to avoid any unwanted activity.
(c) There should be proper entry and exit gates to avoid stampede in case of
emergency.
(iii) Circus
(a) There should be adequate number of fire extinguishers and sprinklers installed
to ensure safety from fire
(b) Tight security should be there to avoid any unwanted activity.
(c) There should be proper entry and exit gates to avoid stampede in case of
emergency.

(d) Proper cages for dangerous animals like lion and tiger.
(e) For Trapeze artists, proper safety nets should be there.
(iv) Medicines
(a) The content must be sealed properly.
(b) It should have proper information regarding content, expiry, manufacturing date etc.
(v) Edible oil
(a) The content must be sealed properly.
(b) It should have proper information regarding content, expiry, manufacturing date etc.
(vi) Marriage Pandal
(a) To ensure safety from fire, there should be adequate number of fire extinguishers

(b) Provision of proper exit in case of emergency to avoid stampede

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