0 the protection of buyers of goods and services against low quality or dangerous products and advertisements that deceive people
1 laws and rules intended to protect customers from dishonest practices by sellers:
It also extended the precautionary principle to consumer protection.
Against this background, it may be appropriate for licensing authorities to adopt a broader remit than consumer protection.
Licensing has operated in a consumer protection framework.
As the cost of new drugs increases, the link between licensing in a consumer protection framework and the promotion of public health becomes increasingly tenuous.
Since the 1960s both the scope and stringency of environment and consumer protection have significantly expanded in all industrialized countries.
Environmental and consumer protection will tend towards greater stringency particularly in areas where regulation can be designed to shield import-competing domestic firms from foreign competition.
The certification of organic produce can be thought of as a means of consumer protection and, in a more general sense, environmental stewardship.
Households are unable to do the same without an effective structure of consumer protection, also lacking typically in developing countries.
