民以食為天，消費者除了透過食品標示、媒體報導、業者廣告等來源被動接收產品訊息外，是否有機會化被動為主動，向國家請求更多消費相關資訊的揭露？借鏡德國於2008年5月施行之健康相關消費資訊促進法 (簡稱德國消費資訊法)，明定每個人向行政機關請求消費資訊公開之權利，強化消費者主動請求資訊公開之面向，其立法架構與實踐經驗，對於我國目前以政府資訊公開法為主之資訊公開法制，或可作為建構消費資訊公開法制領域時之參考，亦給予總是食之而後覺的消費者，一個為自身健康與安全把關的機會。
People have always understand that food is their primary need, but today consumers can only passively receive information, mainly through labels, media reports, and advertisements. Can consumers, by demanding that governments require the disclosure of all relevant in-formation, gradually shift from being passive to proactive in receiving information? Take for example Germany’s Law on Improvement of Health-related Consumer Information, hereinafter the German Con-sumer Information Act, which explicitly gives everyone the right to request that the government disclose consumption information, and streghthens the dimention, which consumers may actively request. Currently, Taiwan’s regulatory scheme on information disclosure is based on the Freedom of Government Information Law. The German legislative framework and practical experience might capture Taiwan’s attention and provoke discussion of consumer information disclosure regulation, and allow consumers a chance to better protect their health.
