Problem
Commercially exploitative food labelling
Other Names:
Profiteering by drug classification Nature:
Some foods have medicinal properties. If they are sold as foods, they are usually available at a reasonable price from numerous merchants. If they are sold as drugs, they are sold only by pharmaceutical companies at inflated prices.The consequences of classifying a food as a drug are formal testing of its medicinal properties by a regulatory agency, and standardization of its labels to include legally required information about the medicinal contents, their effects and side-effects, and the recommended dosage.
Broader Problems:
ProfiteeringPrice fixing Related Problems:
Harmful natural foodstuffsInadequate drug classification Aggravates:
Repudiation of complementary medicine Subject(s):
Amenities → FoodCommerce → Finance
Commerce → Commerce
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Research, Standards → Signs and labels
Health Care → Pharmacy
Informatics, Classification → Classification
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
G: Very specific problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST