Consumer advocacy, food safety and the environment in a developing tropical economy : the case of the Philippines

Malayang Ben. 2002. Consumer advocacy, food safety and the environment in a developing tropical economy : the case of the Philippines. In : Food safety management in developing countries : Proceedings of the international workshop, CIRAD-FAO, 11-13 December 2000, Montpellier (France) = Gestion de la sécurité des aliments dans les pays en développement : actes de l'atelier international CIRAD-FAO, 11-13 décembre 2000, Montpellier, France. Hanak Ellen (ed.), Boutrif Ezzedine (ed.), Fabre Pierre (ed.), Pineiro Maya (ed.). CIRAD, FAO. Montpellier : CIRAD, 1-6. International Workshop on Food Safety Management in Developing Countries, Montpellier, France, 11 Décembre 2000/13 Décembre 2000.

Titre français : Défense des consommateurs, sécurité alimentaire et environnement dans une économie tropicale en développement : le cas des Philippines

Résumé : 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.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : produit alimentaire, hygiène des aliments, protection du consommateur, organisme génétiquement modifié, danger pour la santé, consommateur, politique alimentaire

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Philippines

Mots-clés complémentaires : Sécurité des aliments

Classification Agris : Q03 - Contamination et toxicologie alimentaires
E73 - Économie de la consommation

Auteurs et affiliations

• Malayang Ben, University of the Philippines (PHL)

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/514084/)

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