食品消费者权益司法保护机制的完善

Bringing the System of Judicial Protection for Food Consumers to Perfection

司法是保护食品消费者合法权益所必不可少的社会机制。食品消费案件具有易发性、广泛性、公益性、诉讼双方力量不对等、案情相对简单、标的额较小等特点。要有效发挥司法对消费者权益的保护机能,必须根据食品消费案件的自身特点,对现有司法机制进行富有针对性的完善,具体包括扩大受案范围、简化审理程序、调整举证责任的分配格局、降低消费者的诉讼成本、提高赔偿标准;同时,要构建起相关的司法配套机制。

For consumers of foodstuffs,judicature is a specializing and indispensable social mechanism for the protection of their legal rights.Cases on food consumption are universal,non-interest and relatively simple,with inevitable inequality between the both parties in some aspects,so it makes sense for judicial organs to better themselves pointedly and specifically to ensure their aptitude to protect consumers＇ legal rights.It is demanded that the judicial system should slack its court acceptance restrictions appropriately,simplify its trial procedures and restructure the allotment of burden of proof.In addition,at the request of times and society,to lower lawsuit costs but to bring up standards of compensation has become an irresistible trend.And out of question,other sounder supporting regulations are expected to be set up for further protecting foodstuffs consumers＇ lawful rights.