Consumer associations

Consumer associations are our potential allies. It would be good to make contact with them to work. They are already conducting comparative tests of food. The concern is that they work thanks subscriptions and paper sales. We must see how to work together without destroying their business model (additional tests of their own, beyond the labels).

Source of the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_organization

Consumer organizations in various countries

International Organization

• Consumers International - International NGO
• ANEC (Europe; focus on standardization)
• BEUC (Europe; Template:Lang-fr)
• ICRT The only independent international organization for consumer research and testing

National Organization

Australia

• Consumers' Federation of Australia
• Australian Consumers Association
• Australian Communications Consumer Action Network

Belgium

• Test-Aankoop[1] / Test-Achats[2]

Botswana

• Consumer Watchdog

Brazil

• Proteste [3]

Canada

• Consumers' Association of Canada (CAC)
• Consumers Council of Canada
• Option consommateurs

Fiji

• Consumer Council of Fiji
• Fiji Consumers Association

France

• UFC Que Choisir
• 60 Millions de Consommateurs

Germany

• Stiftung Warentest
• Öko-Test
• Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv)

Israel

• המועצה הישראלית לצרכנות

India

• Consumer Guidance Society of India
• The Consumers Eye India

Grahak Shakti-Bengaluru-Karnataka-Non profit Non Political Voluntary Consumer Organisation working for the empowerment of Consumer for over two and half decades.Very dedicated and doing yeomen service to the society. They have a large membership base with about 21 Life Timers who contribute their time and energy honorarily. It is driven by a passionate Managing Trustee who leads from front and puts in his money to steer the organisation. They are very principled and have earned Consumer Confidence. They have faced several crisis for being bold and uncompromising in their outlook. Remarkable indeed.

AKHIL BHARTIYA GRAHAK PANCHAYAT - Largest consumer group in India with its branches all over the country. Have in its credit formation of Consumer Protection Act. 1986 by Indian parliament. Ashok trivedi its national secretary, work form his office, D26, Dayanand Nagar, 74 Bungelow, Bhopal. Blogs can be followed at ashoktrivedii.blogspot.in

Italy

• AltroConsumo[4]
• Unione nazionale consumatori[5]
• Federconsumatori[6]
• Movimento Consumatori[7]

Japan

• Consumers Union of Japan (founded in 1969)
• Japan Offspring Fund (founded in 1984)

Korea

• Korea Consumer Agency (founded in 1987)[8]

The Netherlands

• De Consumentenbond (founded in 1953)

Pakistan

• The Consumers Eye Pakistan (founded in 2005) [9]

The Consumers Eye Pakistan (TCEP) is a registered social welfare non governmental organization(NGO) of Pakistan an independent and authoritative voice for consumers since year 2005, building a powerful movement to help protect and empower consumers in Pakistan and to create consumer awareness against substandard, unregistered, counterfeit, and adulterated products. The Consumers Eye Pakistan is working to promote and serve for standardization and Quality consciousness culture in Pakistan. The Consumers Eye Pakistan is organizer of Quality Standard Award in Pakistan, collaboration with Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) Ministry of Science and Technology Government of Pakistan and actively involved in improving quality and standards of the citizens of Pakistan.

• Consumer Voice Pakistan (CVP) (founded in 2002) [10]

Consumer VOICE Pakistan (CVP) is a Voluntary Organization in Interest of Consumer Education-is the Voice of and for the consumers in every sense. A voluntary action group in Pakistan, it consists of academicians, professionals and volunteers channelising their energies towards creating informed consumers. It raises awareness in consumers not only about malpractices perpetuated in the market place, but also about her/his rights. Consumer VOICE aims at being the most powerful tool in the hands of the consumer to help them fight for value for their money. Consumer awareness has become important because of the liberalizing economy. Consumers need guidance to make informed choice in the products and services available. They need protection against deficient services and products with timely information and intervention. Our Mission is to promote right choices in a volatile and dynamic market place by providing consumer education for all through integrating experiential good practices and scientific knowledge for the safety and health of consumers and the environment.. Consumer VOICE Pakistan (CVP) publishes monthly Consumer VOICE magazine in Pakistan.

Poland

• Federacja Konsumentów [11]
• Stowarzyszenie Konsumentów Polskich (founded in 1995) [12]

Portugal

• DECO.ProTeste [13]

Republic of Ireland

• The National Consumer Agency (NCA) is a statutory body that defends consumer interests in the Republic of Ireland

Romania

• Asociatia Nationala pentru Protectia Consumatorilor si Promovarea Programelor si Strategiilor din Romania/ National Association for Consumers Protection and Promotion of Programs and Strategies from Romania

Spain

• Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU) [14]

Uganda

• Uganda Consumer Action Network (U-CAN) [15] is a non-government, not-for profit organisation founded in 2007 and registered as a company limited by guarantee. It works towards ensuring that consumers, especially the most vulnerable (rural poor, disabled, elderly and women) get value for their money through quick, easy, accessible and affordable alternate dispute resolution mechanisms.

United Kingdom

Template:Main In the United Kingdom, the Enterprise Act 2002 allows consumer bodies that have been approved by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to be designated as "super-complainants" to the Office of Fair Trading. These super-complainants are intended to, "strengthen the voice of consumers," who are "unlikely to have access individually to the kind of information necessary to judge whether markets are failing for them." Eight have been designated Template:As of:

• CAMRA - a lobbying group concerned with the tradition and quality of beer.
• The Citizen's Advice Bureau, a free service that provides legal advice, practical help and information on consumer rights across the country.
• Consumer Council for Water (formerly known as Watervoice)
• Consumer Direct ( abolished per 31 March 2012 with its functions being passed to Local Trading Standards Departments and Citizens Advice Consumer Services ) .
• Consumer Focus ( formerly National Consumer Council ) . The Government announced as part of the October 2010 spending review that Consumer Focus will be abolished, with the Consumer Direct helpline taken over by Citizens Advice . Some of Consumer Focus' functions would transfer to Citizens Advice, Citizens Advice Scotland and the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland following the Public Bodies Act 2011 and any necessary secondary legislation . The transfer is expected to begin April 2013 and be complete by April 2014 .
• General Consumer Council of Northern Ireland
• Good Garage Scheme, an automobile repair shop motoring scheme
• Postwatch
• Which? - formerly the Consumers Association - a consumer advocacy organisation which has substantial powers (for example to take representative actions under the Competition Act 1998) but which is primarily a lobbying organisation funded entirely by subscriptions to its regular consumer information magazine.

United States

• Alliance for Justice
• American Consumer Institute
• Better Business Bureau
• Consumer Action
• Consumer Federation of California
• Consumers Union, publishers of Consumer Reports
• Consumer Watchdog, formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
• Public Citizen
• Consumer Federation of America
• Center for Science in the Public Interest (food/nutrition)
• National Consumers League
• U.S. Public Interest Research Group
• Consumer Complaint Form, Federal Trade Commission