Importance of Consumer Health and Measures to Protect Consumer Health

Things to remember

• The consumer society of urban areas and developed parts of the world has been facing many problems along with its development.
• Consumer health people aware of the quality of goods that they purchase.
• Consumer health helps to encourage consumer to be united and raise collective voice against the practice of adulteration and quackery.
• It gives the knowledge of the existing laws and protection of their consumer rights.
• Laws for the protection of consumer health was first introduced in the USA on March 15, 1963.
• There is legal provision of punishment on production and distribution of goods and services which have adverse affect and harmful to consumer health.
• The government has released an inspection officer's guidelines 2058 to conserve the consumer health and right. It has mentioned the duties of inspection officers.