Consumer Demands on Food Quality

Abstract

Based on a declaration by US President John F. Kennedy in 1962, the world con­sumer movement (CI Consumers International former IOCU) stipulated in co-ordination with the evolution or sometimes even revolution of the national and global economic market the following eight basic consumer rights:

• The right to satisfaction of basic needs (access to market);

• The right to safety;

• The right to be informed (transparency);

• The right to choose (free choice);

• The right to be heard;

• The right to redress;

• The right to consumer education;

• The right to a healthy and sustainable environment.