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​Consumer Protection

How can we protect consumers frompotential safety risks?

Globalisation has changedeverything for businesses, opening up new markets they wouldn’t have dreamed ofin the past. At the same time, it has created a highly discerning global middleclass that’s willing and able to pay a premium for superior quality and safety.

What adds to the complexity isthe multi-tiered nature of today’s global supply chain. This leads to greaterchallenges in protecting people from unsafe food, medical devices, consumerproducts as well as minimize the risks of new technological products such aswearables. It’s a responsibility that producers, manufacturers, exporters andretailers must all share.

TÜV SÜD believes that consumerprotection isn’t just a moral responsibility, but also a business imperative.That’s because consumers choose brands whose quality and safety objectives gobeyond just meeting standards. As the world leader in consumer protection since1866, we are perfectly positioned to help our partners score high on thecriterion that matters most – trust.