Warning label
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Label
A label is a piece of paper, polymer, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or article, on which is printed a legend, information concerning the product, addresses, etc. A label may also be printed directly on the container or article....
attached to an item, or contained in an item's instruction manual, warning the user about risk
Risk
Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity will lead to a loss . The notion implies that a choice having an influence on the outcome exists . Potential losses themselves may also be called "risks"...
s associated with the use of the item as intended by the manufacturer or seller. Most of them are intended to limit civil liability in lawsuit
Lawsuit
A lawsuit or "suit in law" is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions, demands a legal or equitable remedy. The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's complaint...
s against the item's manufacturer or seller. That sometimes results in labels which for some people seem to state the obvious.
Warning labels have been produced for different items. In some cases, these labels warn against some very strange occurrences such as the microwave that states 'do not dry pets in microwave'.
Some companies hold 'strange warning label competitions' such as the M-law wacky warning labels competition. T
See also
- California Proposition 65 (1986)California Proposition 65 (1986)Proposition 65 is a California law passed by direct voter initiative in 1986 by a 63%-37% margin...
- Tobacco packaging warning messages
- History of warning labels in the USHistory of warning labels in the USThe History of warning labels in the United States began in 1938 when the United States Congress passed a law mandating that food products have a list of ingredients on the label....