The objectives of the street food campaign
CI is campaigning for safe access to street food.
Working with its members CI aims to:
Achieve recognition that street vending is a legitimate activity.
Persuade local authorities to improve access to sanitation and waste disposal for vendors.
Persuade local authorities to provide basic, accessible and affordable hygiene courses for vendors.
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CI GLOBAL PROGRAMME ON STREET FOOD
Consumers International (CI) has been working on food issues in various ways over the past 30 years, always aiming to secure the right to safe and nutritious foods.
Food safety is a global concern.
People everywhere in the world need the assurance that the production, regulatory procedures and vending practices will deliver safe food.
On the one hand, this is of particular importance to the vulnerable urban poor who rely on street food as a key source of nutrition.
On the other hand, it highlights the major impact of street food on tourism, which means that it also affects consumer concerns in both developing and developed economies.
It is therefore important to ensure that governments, as well as corporations and civil society, live up to their international commitments in promoting this basic right.
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A campaign success
For example... In South Africa, Durban’s eThekwini Municipality produced an encouraging model.
For years, raids and confiscations strained relations between street traders and the authorities.
A review of these crackdowns revealed the need for a more efficient and humane approach that would combine law enforcement with vendor education.
This produced a new strategy focusing on health and hygiene, and not only involved the street vendors, but also the...
- eThekwini Business Support Unit
- municipal environmental health services
- police, and
- local transport authority.
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