Assessment of Food Safety by Lithuanian Consumers Summary (original) (raw)
Consumers’ awareness of food safety from shopping to eating
Food Control, 2008
Knowledge of food safety among consumers has various dimensions. Due to a number of food-related incidents and reported outbreaks worldwide, consumer confidence has begun to vacillate. The objective of this quantitative survey (n = 1030) was to determine Slovenian consumers' food safety knowledge and practices during purchase, transportation and storage of food, as well as food handling practices at home. The study highlighted gaps in food safety knowledge and some critical safety violations regarding food handling at home. Half of the respondents never thought of using a cooling bag for the transport of refrigerated or frozen foods. Approximately half of the respondents defrost meat on working surfaces and only one-third wash knives and cutting boards with hot water and detergent before re-use or use clean implements. Forty-four percent of respondents did not know the correct refrigerator temperature for the storage of perishable food. All other determinations concerning food safety knowledge and practices are presented and discussed. Consumer education should be the focus in order to reduce foodborne diseases. Educational material regarding Good Housekeeping Practice should be available to the general public from many sources. Only safety-conscious consumers can become active partners within the food safety circle.
Consumer evaluations of food risk management in Russia
British Food Journal, 2010
PurposeConsumer perceptions regarding what constitutes best food risk management (FRM) practice may vary as a consequence of cross‐cultural differences in consumer perceptions, cultural contexts, and historical differences in governance practices and occurrence of food safety incidents. The purpose of this paper is to compare the views of Russian consumers with those of consumers in European Union member states.Design/methodology/approachA survey previously conducted in five EU member states was replicated using a Russian consumer sample (n=460, SEM analysis). Psychological factors underpinning consumer evaluations of food risk management quality (FRMQ) were identified. A qualitative study (consumer focus group, n=9) allowed for in‐depth interpretation of the quantitative results.FindingsRussian consumers hold similar views to consumers in EU member states regarding their perceptions of what constitutes effective FRM practices. However, the perceived honesty of food chain actors was...
Perception of Food Safety in Fish Consumption: The Case of Antalya Province
DergiPark (Istanbul University), 2023
With globalization, in our country as well as in the whole world; Due to the emergence of previously unknown hazards in foods, concepts such as food safety and food safety have emerged. According to the researches, the situation in question; food trade gaining a global dimension, increase in chemical pollutants, different risks are observed with the entry of new technologies into the sector, increasing economic burden at country and global level, difficulties in food supply, inability to reach healthy food due to insufficient and unbalanced income, increased vulnerability of risk groups, sustainable food security It is caused by factors such as lack of health, unhealthy water and environmental factors. Again, the problems experienced showed that such problems are mostly experienced in animal products, mostly meat and meat products. For this reason, in this study, it was aimed to evaluate the knowledge about food safety and food safety and perception about fish, which is one of the animal foods that consumers consider the most risky. Food safety; It refers to the precautions to be taken during the food production and distribution process so that consumers can consume healthy foods. The process of supplying healthy and reliable products that do not harm the environment and human health, from the field (farm) to the table, and whose necessary controls are made at every stage of production, is all of the food safety stages. Food safety is; It is a scientific system cycle that defines the processing, preparation, storage and presentation of foods to the end consumer in a way that prevents physical, chemical and biological factors that may cause food spoilage and food-borne diseases. When foods are prepared in accordance with food safety, that is, foods that have not lost their nutritional value in terms of physical, chemical and microbiological properties, and therefore will not pose a health risk to consumers, they are suitable for consumption. While the concept of food safety is more of a supply-side economic concept, the concept of food safety refers to the safety or health of food. In this sense, the consumer also has to undertake some duties. As can be observed from the study, the consumer; should know adequate and balanced nutrition and correct food preferences, common food-borne diseases and prevention methods, safe food supply steps, and what the labels on foods mean. For this reason, in this study, socioeconomic characteristics of consumers, factors affecting food intake and their knowledge levels on food safety were investigated in order to evaluate consumers' perceptions of food safety. When the 393 consumer surveys that constitute the main material of the study are evaluated; It has been determined that a significant number of consumers are more or less familiar with the concept of food safety, but most of the consumers do not know many concepts related to food safety and food safety.
Consumer Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Food Safety in Portugal
2004
The recent food crises and its great diffusion through the media had as consequence a reduction of the European consumer's confidence, in general, and of the Portuguese ones in particular, in the products that they buy and consume. These events also served to disclose some of the existing problems in the current marketing chain, in which many sectors result to have low, or no transparency or unknown ones to the consumers. For moreover, these crises had demonstrated that science and technology, in set with the governmental regulation do not offer guarantees that the risks associated with food have acceptable levels. All these questions triggered the interest of researchers to study the impact of food safety related issues on consumer behaviour. The objective of this paper is to increase knowledge on Portuguese consumer perceptions and attitudes towards food safety. Specially, consumers' level of concern about food crises, their view on the safety of several products throughou...
Consumers' Food Safety Perceptions in Three Mediterranean Countries
New Medit
The purpose of the study is to investigate and compare consumers' food safety perceptions in three Mediterranean countries (Greece, Italy, and Spain). A survey was carried out based on a structured questionnaire focusing on food safety-related issues concerning food characteristics, the labeling of systems implemented by food companies such as the Quality Management System and the Food Safety Management System, consumer trust in the food supply chain, and consumer illusion of food control. Information was collected from individuals located in those three countries (2,664 respondents), which share common characteristics. The results indicate that there is a significant heterogeneity in consumers' food safety perceptions in the three countries. The Spanish sample has the greatest level of trust in the supply chain in terms of food safety and the highest level of illusion of food control. The Italians evaluate the food characteristics and the QMS-FSMS's labeling higher than...
Consumer perceptions of food safety risk: Evidence from a segmentation study in Albania
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015
Albania is facing serious problems with the national food safety control system in terms of legislation, control and enforcement. The objective of this paper is to analyse consumer perceptions about safety of small ruminant meat in Tirana, in a context of weak enforcement of the food safety system. Applying two-step clustering analyses, consumers were classified in four socio-demographic clusters, and it was found that the cluster composed of female consumers with lower education and income levels, and the two clusters composed of male consumers perceive consumed meat as safe. Consumers in the cluster composed of females with university education and higher income are, on average, more concerned with current meat safety measures and tend to place more trust in the veterinarian stamp on meat carcasses rather than in local butchers.
Consumer Food Safety Knowledge, Practices and Differences in Behaviors in Thrace Region of Turkey
Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi, 2015
In this study, the expectations of individuals living in urban and rural regions of Thrace Region of Turkey were investigated by considering the level of knowledge and behaviour of those individuals about parameters, consumptive habits and food safety while they are buying food products. This study has been conducted in Thrace Region by face to face survey with 770 individuals who have an effective say in the decision of food consumption within the family. The factors affecting the consumers in being knowledgeable about food safety were analyzed with Logit model. Based on analyses results, the variables of gender, town-city and education were determined as statistically significant and coherent with the expectations of coefficients of slope. F 1 group (consciousness of food content, appropriate preparation and buying consciously) and F 3 group (quality and cost) have been determined as statistically significant.
Data Science to Measure the Consumer Perception on Food Safety
2016
Recent years the issue of food safety is becoming one of the most discussed topics not only in the circles of experts, but also to albanian consumers. Identifying the origin of the product is essential to have a high quality and safe system. According to FAO (WHO) "access to quality and safe food is a fundamental individual right". Guaranteeing this right is an important priority of the Government. In the area of food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary issues, more than two hundred of EU laws are adopted into national legislation and several major steps have been taken. Despite the updates made in legislation: Do the albanian consumers feel sure for the food they consume? Are they informed that ensuring the food safety is related to the establishment of a traceability system for each product? To answer this question, we created a questionnaire for consumers and gathered some preliminary information from consumers in the Tirana district. Preliminary conclusions by analyzi...
A Study on Food Safety Practices and Peoples Attitude for Food Choices
TIJ's Research Journal of Social Science & Management - RJSSM, 2017
In this time of globalization, different kind of food is not only available in Metros or A-class cities but it is easily available in small cities and town too. This food is available at very many sources from A-class restaurants to street vendors, although there is wide difference of quality. Most of the times the clientele for both the sources are different i.e. middle to high class prefer to go to restaurants and lower class or poor’s opt for street food, but at times, street food is highly preferred by all classes of people. And when people plan to dine out what are the main criteria for selection of the source, therefore, this research study was done to unleash the facts about the attitude of people towards food, preference for street food or restaurant, hygiene, nutritional value, comfort level, suitability, safety, and environment concerns. In this regard food safety considerations are also matter of concern. Food if not safe might lead to food-borne illness and diseases. Key...
African Journal of …, 2011
Complete and balanced nutrition with reliable food consists of the basis of health and protective health services. Therefore, the current study was carried out to determine the knowledge of food safety level and purchasing behavior of 668 consumers living both in Turkey (n=348) and in Kazakhstan (n=320) and to compare the results. Volunteered consumers for the research were given a face to face interview between March and September 2010. It was found that the knowledge of purchasing behavior (14.43±2.56) of food safety (20.82±4.20) of the consumers living in Turkey was higher compared to those living in Kazakhstan (11.84±2.92, 14.74±3.86 respectively) and that the difference between the two countries was statistically significant (p<0.01). In addition, a positive correlation was found between knowledge of food safety and purchasing behavior (r=0.541, p< 0.01); age and purchasing behavior (r=0.325, p< 0.01) and knowledge score of food safety (r=0.148, p< 0.01).