Throughout the greater part of the 20th century the UK financial services industry was largely self-regulated in its nature.

The question is: How to navigate the largely self-regulated cosmetics industry as a conscientious shopper?

While the futures industry must now operate under tougher constraints, it remains largely self-regulated.

The business of "body art" is largely self-regulated.

In the UK wildfowling is largely self-regulated.

This has left the Antarctic tourism industry largely self-regulated.

But now, a class-action lawsuit filed recently in San Diego is shining a spotlight on the ethics and practices of the organic food industry, which is largely self-regulated.

"Weaknesses in management of the defense production reactors have led to a loose-knit system of largely self-regulated contractors operating within budgetary constraints imposed by and on the Department," the study says.

The ethics and practices of the organic food industry, which is largely self-regulated, are being questioned in a lawsuit.

Largely self-regulated until the stock market crash in 1929, the industry imploded early in the Great Depression.