Consumer advocacy, food safety and the environment in a developing tropical economy : the case of the Philippines
Food safety is a public policy concern in the Philippines as it is elsewhere in the world. At present, both consumer and environmental protection agendas are in large part driven by the government. Although numerous consumer advocacy groups exist, they do not yet appear to have a wide enough citizen base to prevail directly upon food producers and consumers. There has been more vocal and influential advocacy work both for and against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) than in the area of traditional food safety concerns. Consumer movements, if widened, would be crucial to the food security of the Filipino people, for three reasons: (1) they raise the level of public demand for quality foods and so improve the competitiveness of food exports; (2) they expand the national network for monitoring and evaluating food safety; and (3) consumers' involvement will democratize food safety policy and decision making.
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| Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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| Subjects: | Q03 - Contamination et toxicologie alimentaires, E73 - Économie de la consommation, produit alimentaire, hygiène des aliments, protection du consommateur, organisme génétiquement modifié, danger pour la santé, consommateur, politique alimentaire, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3032, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3019, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1826, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34285, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34013, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28315, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3023, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5783, |
| Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/514084/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/514084/1/ID514084.pdf |
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