consumer right to know

Theodore 2022-04-20 09:02:00

Consumers have the right to know the food they consume before purchasing, and then decide whether to buy or not on this basis.
What companies need to do is to truthfully provide consumers with information that is closely related to their own interests, especially those related to personal health and life.
However, consumers often don't know what information they need to understand the facts, and they don't even have the time and energy to read and learn this information. It is obviously unrealistic if they have to read the instructions for everything they eat every day.
Therefore, the ultimate responsibility falls on the government, on the people and organizations that have control and decision-making power over the production activities of consumer goods. The most optimistic situation is that everyone considers the vital interests of consumers. However, Entrepreneurs are indeed pursuing maximum profits, and some government officials are indeed more taxed, so consumer rights are threatened.
In the end, only the rule of law can solve this problem. Even if there are no moral constraints, the rights and interests of consumers must be guaranteed. Obviously, the rapidly developing China has not yet perfected this set of rule of law. Every day, the knowledge we come into contact with is packaged. information, and thus we live in an age of ignorance about the things we use every day.

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  • Joel Salatin: I'm always struck by how successful we have been at hitting the bull's-eye of the wrong target. I mean we have learned- for example, in cattle we have learned how to plant, fertilize and harvest corn using global positioning satellite technology, and nobody sits back and asks, "But should we be feeding cows corn?" We've become a culture of technicians. We're all into the how of it and nobody's stepping back and saying "But why?"

  • Title card: In 1972, the FDA conducted approximately 50,000 food safety inspections. In 2006, the FDA conducted 9,164.