Consumer representatives will be lobbying for strengthening current standards in order to guarantee that condoms sold in developing countries are designed and packaged to tolerate the exposure to heat and adverse storage conditions throughout their shelf life. This is particularly important since the world's highest incidence of AIDS is in tropical countries. Reducing the number of defective condoms and improving design and packaging in so that they remain safe throughout their shelf life is also an important concern for consumers world wide.
Accurate information is another requirement.
Representatives of the National Consumer Institute of France and the Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defence will be representing Consumers International's concerns with condom safety in developed and developing countries.