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4. Consumer Health and Safety: The Importance of Product Safety

Authors : Dan Wei, Ângelo Patrício Rafael, Almeida Zacarias Machava, Ana Cândida Muniz Cipriano, Daniel Freire e Almeida

Published in: Food Exports from Brazil to China

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Among the various issues that permeate consumer protection, there is consumer health and safety: a sensitive issue, which has gained international importance. An example of this is the inclusion of the item on the agenda of the United Nations Intergovernmental Group of Experts, which at its second session in July 2017 requested the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to carry out a study on the subject.

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Title: Consumer Health and Safety: The Importance of Product Safety
Authors: Dan Wei
Ângelo Patrício Rafael
Almeida Zacarias Machava
Ana Cândida Muniz Cipriano
Daniel Freire e Almeida
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Food Exports from Brazil to China
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-19644-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-19645-5

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19645-5_4