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# The Consumer Action Handbook (CAH)
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/consumer_action_handbook_0105110938/
- Published: 2011-01-05T22:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:19:52.000Z
- Description: The free annual Consumer Action Handbook covers shopping for goods and services, warnings on buying a car or home, preventing identity theft and resolving complaints, with contacts for filing them. The latest edition adds bankruptcy, finding a lawyer and funeral planning; a Spanish edition exists.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Miscellaneous, Health News, #vivvo-import

# The Consumer Action Handbook is an annual free publication that features general advice on shopping for goods or services. Among the helpful tips provided by this guide are warnings on what to watch for when buying a car or home, and ways to prevent identity theft, understand credit and resolve problems after a purchase. The Handbook includes addresses, telephone numbers and websites for filing consumer complaints with consumer organizations, corporations, trade associations, Better Business Bureaus and government agencies. In the latest edition, you will also find new information about filing for bankruptcy, finding a lawyer, and planning a funeral.

You may [order the current Consumer Action Handbook](http://www.consumeraction.gov/caw%5Forderhandbook.shtml?ref=foodconsumer.org) on the [Consumer Action website](http://www.consumeraction.gov/?ref=foodconsumer.org), maintained by the [Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC)](http://answers.usa.gov/system/web/view/selfservice/templates/USAgov/egredirect.jsp?p%5Ffaq%5Fid=10561&ref=foodconsumer.org), or by mail at:

Consumer Action Handbook  
Pueblo, CO 81009

A companion publication in Spanish, the Guía del Consumidor, is also available. This free, 96-page publication includes many of the same great tips found in the Consumer Action Handbook. Designed for a Hispanic audience, the Guía del Consumidor may be [ordered](http://consumidor.gov/ordene%5Fla%5Fguia.shtml?ref=foodconsumer.org) or [downloaded](http://www.consumidor.gov/sp%5Fviewpdf.shtml?ref=foodconsumer.org) from the FCIC's[Spanish consumer website](http://www.consumidor.gov/?ref=foodconsumer.org). It can also be ordered by mail by writing to:

Guía del Consumidor  
Pueblo, CO 81009

Both publications can also be ordered by calling the FCIC at 1.888.8.PUEBLO (1.888.878.3256), Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET (except [federal holidays](http://answers.usa.gov/system/web/view/selfservice/templates/USAgov/egredirect.jsp?p%5Ffaq%5Fid=10053&ref=foodconsumer.org)).

**Please note:** All of the information in the Consumer Action Handbook is in the public domain and may be reproduced or used in whole or in part. Please credit the Federal Citizen Information Center of the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, [General Services Administration (GSA)](http://answers.usa.gov/system/web/view/selfservice/templates/USAgov/egredirect.jsp?p%5Ffaq%5Fid=11360&ref=foodconsumer.org).

**Additional Resources:**

- [Ordering Government Publications](http://answers.usa.gov/system/web/view/selfservice/templates/USAgov/egredirect.jsp?p%5Ffaq%5Fid=11409&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Request to be Included in the Handbook](http://www.consumeraction.gov/faq.shtml?ref=foodconsumer.org#company)

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