The Codex Alimentarius is a set of internationally-agreed food standards developed by the FAO and WHO. The website provides standards, guidance and codes of practice, as well as databases of information about pesticides, veterinary drugs and food additives. There is information about the Codex committees and taskforces and a collection of publications. The site is available inArabic, Chines, English, French, Russian or Spanish.
Website of the Govan Law Centre (GLC) which provides free and low cost legal services for disadvantaged people in Scotland. The site has information about the GLC and its work (including a copy of their annual report) along with contact details for other law centres in Scotland. There is a selection of guides to common legal problems including consumer law, bankruptcy, debt, housing law and neighbour nuisance and a range of money advice resources covering mortgage repossession, benefits and small claims.
The Advicenow resource guide brings together information on the law and rights in England and Wales from a wide range of advice and information services. The website gives access to a searchable database of hand-picked links to information on over 200 websites. Information is arranged into broad subject headings including benefits, communications, consumer affairs, education and training, employment, environment and countryside, families, government, law and rights, health and social care, housing and homelessness, immigration, money and tax, police and crime and transport.
This is the site of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (OCCP) in Poland, which is responsible for counteracting monopolistic practices and protecting consumer rights. The site provides detailed information about the Office: its organizational structure (with an interactive map of the Office branches), listing of leading officials together with their biographies, tasks, powers, competences, and contact details; and a large number of the full-text legal acts on the OCCP's functioning.
This is the official website of the Estonian Consumer Protection Board, responsible for the rights of consumers and their interests, and consumer policy in accordance with UN and EU consumer policy. The site features news and press releases, and an overview of consumers' rights and protection policy. In addition there is appropriate legislation including the Consumer Protection Act, the Food Act, and the Advertising Act. Also included are details of International Cooperation, and annual reports and statistics.
Website of the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), the advertising industry's body in charge of the UK advertising codes of practice. The Codes cover broadcast and non-broadcast advertising; they are available on the website, together with information and guidance about self regulation. Reports, consultation documents and newsletters are also available.
Website of the Washington DC based Public Justice (formerly Trial Lawyers for Public Justice) a non-profit law firm founded in 1982 and supported by the TLPJ Foundation. The Public Justice site states that it "fights for justice through precedent-setting and socially significant individual and class action litigation". The firm has a membership of over 2,700 U.S lawyers which include specialists in consumer and civil rights, personal injury, employment and environmental protection.
Website of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, a federal regulator established in 2001 to oversee consumer issues in the financial services sector. The site provides information about the Agency's history, role and mandate, and details of the federal and provincial organisations it regulates, such as banks, credit unions, trust and loan companies, insurance companies, retail associations and co-operative credit associations. The site is arranged into sections aimed at consmers, industry and the media.
Website of the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), a non profit organisation established in 1949 to facilitate public discussion and education on laws, regulations and policies affecting health care technologies, food and cosmetics in the United States. The website provides information about the FDLI's mission, staff, the composition of its advisory board and board of directors and its activities. These include organising conferences and academic programmes and publishing periodicals, directories and guides such as the Food & Drug Law Journal and the yearly FDA Directory.
