Prior to the amending of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 the term 'merchantable quality' had been utilised rather than the term 'satisfactory quality'. The problem with 'merchantable quality' was that it was concerned almost exclusively with the fitness of goods for their purpose and ignored other, non-functional characteristics. A particular problem with the old definition was that it seemed to take no account of minor or cosmetic defects: the SGA 1979 s 14(2B)(b) and (c) specifically remedy this weakness.