The results from the FSA’s Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker for May 2014 were published in July. The results show that the three most common safety issues of concern (whether mentioned spontaneously and/or in relation to prompts) were food hygiene when eating out (36%), food poisoning (28%) and the use of additives in food products (28%). Other issues of concern to some respondents were food prices (51% of respondents), the amount of sugar in food (48%) and the amount of salt in food (47%). More than four-fifths (82%) of respondents reported being aware of the hygiene standards in places at which they eat or from whom they buy food. Of these respondents, 39% cited hygiene certificates and 29% cited hygiene stickers, as sources of knowledge about hygiene standards.
Published Wednesday 1 October 2014
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