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Food cooperatives have played a vanguard role in consumer protection through (a) information and education, (b) selective merchandising and boycotts, and (c) political lobbying. While education and selective merchandising benefit primarily their own membership, the political efforts have benefited all consumers.

One of the objectives of the European Union is to ensure a high level of protection for its citizens, an objective that cannot be achieved without guaranteeing the protection of the health, safety and economic interests of consumers. In the context of these concerns, the European legislator has integrated consumer protection into all relevant policy areas of European Union legislation. The central aim of this policy is the protection of citizens' health, although the main responsibility in this direction rests with the Member States. Looking beyond the borders of the member states and even of the European Union, the Covid-19 pandemic has proven that health is a priority and goes beyond the area of interest, which is limited to the borders of a state or a union of states, but has gained global relevance.

Luke Herrine (University of Alabama - School of Law) has posted Consumer Protection after Consumer Sovereignty on SSRN. Here is the abstract: We seem to be in the middle of a paradigm shift in consumer protection. For decades, regulators understood...

This study aims to determine and understand the legal principles in protecting the rights of e-commerce consumers who transact on Tokopedia. This research is library research (library research) with a normative approach because it is a research that analyzes written regulations related to consumer protection in conducting electronic transactions on Tokopedia. The data source is secondary data in documents, reports, books, and other publications that support this research. The results show that e-commerce consumers transact on Tokopedia are in a weak position that can experience fraud from business actors who open stalls on the Tokopedia site. In protecting and safeguarding consumer rights, Tokopedia must establish strict rules and procedures for business actors conducting business activities on Tokopedia based on Law No. 8 of 1999 concerning consumer protection, Law No. 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions Government Regulations Number 82 of 2012 concerning Implementation of Electronic Systems and Transactions.

Consumer protection within a broader area of social responsibility and ethics in banking has recently been attracting increased interest of researchers and professionals. The global financial crisis, which started in 2007, has put consumer protection under great scrutiny by initiating changes in behavioural patterns both of banks and consumers. Besides being an ethical question, consumer protection is also an important social and political question, usually appearing together with excessive problems, significant for financial stability as well. The aim of this paper is to investigate problems in bank consumer protection in Croatia both from regulatory and from practical aspect, and planned solutions for detected problems, as well as to analyse examples found in developed countries. Qualitative methodology is applied in the research, based on in-depth interviews with subject matter experts. By studying practical solutions for consumer protection on a global level, particularly focusing on the USA and Western European countries, the paper proposes the best practice of consumer protection applicable in Croatia.

This article is aimed at the information about food-stuffs safety and legislative adjustment of this area. It hints the responsibilities of food-stuffs suppliers and brings forward the necessity of particular members of distribution channel. This article also describes the results of concrete consumer protection research, which concerned consumer competence in the area of food-stuff products.

This technical note is based on a mission conducted from April 24 to May 9, 2014 to Kingston and other parts of Jamaica. The mission also conducted a short mystery shopping exercise with the assistance of a representative from the national consumer's league. Valuable comments on the draft note were provided by the Bank of Jamaica and the Financial Services Commission. The technical note consists of findings, issues and recommendations, and four annexes: annex one, existing structure for prudential and consumer protection supervision; annex two, current and revised legislation affecting financial consumer protection; annex three, comparison to world bank good practices on financial consumer protection; and annex four, national program of consumer protection and financial literacy, implementation plan components. The key recommendations present targeted measures that can be immediately implemented and will have a positive (and measurable) impact on public confidence in formal financial institutions. The focus of the technical note is on deposit-taking institutions although some aspects of others parts of the financial sector have been included.