Feasibility Study on the Implementation of Consumer Protection Law Let's strengthen the supervision of health products

Abstract

This research studies the possibility of applying consumer protection laws to supplement the supervision of health products, thereby protecting consumers and allowing them to benefit more. It collects the essence of the Law on Consumer Protection. Regarding the authority to issue orders and determine measures for consumer protection, it is analyzed. Compare Differences in the power to issue orders and determine measures to protect consumers of food and drugs according to thematic laws. To find gaps that are not prescribed by specific laws. Synthesize policy suggestions and recommendations to drive the adoption of the provisions of the Law on Consumer Protection to supplement the implementation of consumer protection in the field of health products.

     The results of the study showed that the Law on Consumer Protection There are many provisions regarding post-marketing measures that are not provided for by the Drug Law and the Food Law. This is a necessary and useful measure to protect consumers. It was also found that there was no law that could be dealt with by the state to protect consumers in both the specific law and the law on consumer protection.

     The Ministry of Public Health should propose to the Consumer Protection Commission to consider authorizing the Ministry of Public Health to exercise its authority to impose measures by the Law on Consumer Protection. This is not stipulated in the Law on Medicines and the Law on Food. As for the Drug Law, there is another approach that will be able to determine the necessary measures to protect consumers without amending the Act. The provisions of the Law on Drugs can be used to issue a ministerial regulation that requires licensees under the Law on Drugs to be obliged to take additional measures prescribed by the State.