CONSUMER EDUCATION : LSUS

FOOD AND NUTRITION SSS2 SECOND TERM     

WEEK 9 & 10

CONSUMER EDUCATION

CONTENT

  1. Definition of consumer education.
  2. principle of consumer education
  3. importance of consumer education
  4. Consumer agents, government agencies & regulation
  5. Community programmes

DEFINITION OF CONSUMER EDUCATION

Consumer education can be defined as a process of helping individuals to become an informed consumer. This is accomplished through enabling the necessary knowledge, skills and attitude they require in order to know their rights as consumers, discern or judge information and consume intelligently within their means or available resources.

Consumer education is aimed at educating the public about various laws that govern the manufacture and sales of foods, the standards that manufacture foods must comply with and must be followed in all the stages of.... View More

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