This Monday, on the occasion of “One Health” Day, celebrated each year on November 3, InfoCons is launching the unique InfoCons Consumer Protection App at Global level – from a health and environmental protection perspective — the “One Health” Consumer Passport App.
The Global InfoCons App is a useful and free tool, available in 33 languages and can be downloaded from the App Store, Google Play, and App Gallery. It empowers consumers to make informed choices by providing One Health information, such as: scanning food product barcodes to view ingredients, the number and types of food additives, allergens, and quantities of sugar, salt, and calories. Users can personalize the app according to specific health issues and dietary needs, setting limits on salt, sugar, allergens, additive types and quantities. It also provides real-time alerts for food and non-food products across the European Union.
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Additionally, InfoCons has launched the project “InfoCons European One Health = One Consumer’s Protection!”
The One Health principle embodies health—human, animal, and environmental—elements that are inherently interconnected. But this indissoluble link between fields must place humans at the forefront. People deserve to live in a healthy environment, with healthy animals, within a sustainable framework, and consuming healthy foods. This brings consumer protection principles back to the forefront, echoing President Kennedy’s 1962 speech with renewed urgency and relevance:
“By definition, consumer status includes us all. Consumers are the largest economic group, influencing and affected by most economic decisions, public or private. Yet, they are the only important group whose views are often not heard.”
He outlined four fundamental consumer rights: the right to safety, the right to information, the right to choose, and the right to be heard.
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In this new “One Consumer’s Protection” phrase, the consumer is seen as a person, and the person is a consumer, but one who is mindful of resources, health, and the environment. This integration of fields aims to unify areas of discussion, debate, and research to prevent issues and foster a holistic One Health principle—envisioning one Earth that supports life in the universe.
The concept of One Health goes beyond infectious diseases that spread from animals to humans. It involves the understanding that all “health”—physical, emotional, social, financial, and mental—is linked to our natural and built environments, whether these environments are clean, sparsely populated, “wild” areas or densely populated urban communities.
One Health is about uniting health systems and surveillance—from animals to humans—for the protection of consumers and the environment we live in. Today, with so many consumer protection organizations, consumers often don’t know where to turn if they want to file a complaint.
One Health = One Consumer’s Protection
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InfoCons – European Organization for Consumer Protection and Promotion of Programs and Strategies , a full member of the World Organization Consumers International , founding member of the Federation of Consumer Associations , and member of ANEC .