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is an earthern pot which signifies that this product is environment friendly and does not produce any hazardous waste, is biodegradable and can be recycled. Fig. 20.6: Ecomark n FSSAI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority i of India (FSSAI) has been established under Food V Safety and Standards Act 2006. This lays down - R science based standards for articles of food and to s regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution Fig. 20.7: FSSAI mark o and sale to ensure the availability of same for human consumption. r c Apart from statutory, semi-government and non-government bodies M a looking after consumer interests like Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and n Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI), Government of India, there g are Protection Councils set up by the government at central and state levels. e m Non-governmental organisations (NGO’s)/voluntary consumer n organisations play an important role in consumer education and protection t due to their non-partisan interests. They also disseminate information throughtheirmagazines,booklets,newsletters,buyingguides,audiovisual material and research reports. Many consumer organisations are engaged in comparative testing of products, creating consumer awareness about harmful and unsafe products, product recalls, disseminating information about new legislative provisions for consumers, legal advice and advocacy, handling consumer grievances and complaints and acting as vigilance groups. They hold public meetings and have libraries and documentation centres, and play an important role in consumer awareness, empowerment and consumer movement. In India we have several consumer organisations bringing out publications in the interest of the consumer. VOICE, a Delhi based consumer organisation, brings out ’Consumer Voice’, CERC, an Ahmedabad based consumer organisation, brings out ‘Insight’. Similarly, the Consumers Union in the US brings out ‘Consumer Reports’; Consumer Association in UK brings out ‘Which’ and the Australian Consumers Association brings out ‘Choice’. Every human being has not only rights but also responsibilities. You may have heard some people speak of ‘rights and responsibilities’, clearly indicating that both go hand in hand. Thus in order to be able to exercise one’s right it is necessary to be aware of one’s duty. As consumers therefore, we need to be aware of our responsibilities. Consumer responsibilities are: 1. Consumers should have responsibility towards regularly updating their knowledge of various laws and legislative provisions made by the government. 2. Consumers should be honest in all their dealings and must pay for 231 all their purchases. Reprint 2026-27