Minutes, 1964-1981.

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Minutes, 1964-1981.

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The Massachusetts Consumers' Council was an independent state agency serving as public advocate for consumer interests from 1963 to 1981, advising on and representing consumer interests to the state government, promoting consumer education, and from 1970 overseeing the unit pricing of packaging in retail stores. Minutes of council meetings were created to record council activities and decisions.

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The Consumers' Council (known in its annual reports as the Massachusetts Consumers' Council) was established by St 1963, c 773 as an independent agency comprised of eight gubernatorial appointees and serving as a public advocate for consumer interests. It was the first such organization in the United States. The council was charged with conducting studies, investigations, and research; advising the executive and legislative branches in matters affecting consumer interests; coordinat...