Consumer attitudes toward issues in food safety
Consumer attitudes toward issues in food safety
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1745-4565.2007.00091.x
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发表时间：
2008-02-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Rojas, M.
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作者：
Brewer, M. S.;Rojas, M.
这项研究的目的是评估消费者对食品供应安全的态度，将食品安全关注程度与特定项目组、监管问题和食品安全资金领域的优先顺序联系起来，并评估对特定食品安全问题的态度和行为。随着对食品安全的普遍关注程度的提高，对化学、微生物和监管问题的关注也在增加。对微生物问题的关注比以前的研究更高。只有大约15%的消费者认为他们在去年感染了食源性疾病；40%的消费者认为源头是餐馆的食物，25%的消费者认为源头是学校或教堂活动。对胆固醇、盐和糖的担忧明显高于之前的研究。消费者非常关注进口食品和餐厅卫生的检查；然而，他们并没有高度优先考虑聘请更多检查员等监管问题的资金。大多数受访消费者认为转基因食品、辐照食品、经激素处理的动物食品或经美国食品和药物管理局(FDA)发现安全的抗生素处理的食品是安全的(分别为80%、77%、72%和74%)；然而，约三分之一的人不会购买这些食品，超过20%的人减少了某些食品的消费量，因为他们认为这些食品受到辐射、含有转基因生物或来自经激素或抗生素处理的动物。
The objectives of this study were to evaluate consumer attitudes regarding the safety of the food supply, relate food safety concern levels with groups of specific items, regulatory issues and prioritization of food safety funding areas, and to evaluate attitudes and behaviors toward specific food safety issues. As general level of concern with food safety increased, so did concern with chemical, microbiological and regulatory issues. Concern with microbiological issues was higher than in previous studies. Only about 15% of the consumers thought they had contracted a foodborne illness during the last year; > 40% thought the source was restaurant food and > 25% thought the source was a school or church event. Concerns with cholesterol, salt and sugar were significantly higher than in previous studies. Consumers were very concerned about the inspection of imported foods and restaurant sanitation; however, they did not assign a high priority to funding of regulatory issues such as hiring more inspectors. The majority of consumers surveyed think that genetically modified foods, irradiated foods, food from animals treated with hormones or treated with antibiotics found safe by the Food and Drug Administration, are safe to eat (80, 77, 72 and 74%, respectively); however, about one-third would not purchase them, and more than 20% have reduced their consumption of some foods because they think they are irradiated, contain genetically modified organisms or are derived from animals treated with hormones or antibiotics.