Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2440/89975
Citations | ||
Scopus | Web of Science® | Altmetric |
---|---|---|
?
|
?
|
Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The importance placed on the monitoring of food safety and quality by Australian consumers |
Author: | Henderson, J. Mamerow, L. Taylor, A. Ward, P. Meyer, S. Coveney, J. |
Citation: | Laws, 2013; 2(2):99-114 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 2075-471X 2075-471X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Julie Henderson, Loreen Mamerow, Anne W. Taylor, Paul R. Ward, Samantha B. Meyer and John Coveney |
Abstract: | Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) estimates that Australians experience 5.4 million incidents of food poisoning each year, making food safety a significant public health issue. This paper describes and analyses the importance placed by Australians on the role of the agencies and actors that regulate the safety and quality of food. A computer assisted telephone interviewing survey addressing aspect of food safety was administrated to a random sample of 1,109 participants across all Australian states (response rate 41.2%). Only 44.6% of participants viewed the monitoring of food safety and quality as ‘Very important’, with greatest significance placed upon personal monitoring (76.0%) and the role of the Federal government (51.1%). The media (22.5%) and local council (32.4%) were viewed as the least important agents. When data were combined to create an index of general monitoring, participants under 30; respondents in outer regional areas; and men identified food monitoring as less important; while respondents from households with 5 or more members viewed food monitoring as more important than respondents from smaller households. |
Keywords: | food safety; food regulation; survey; public health; Australia |
Rights: | © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
DOI: | 10.3390/laws2020099 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/laws2020099 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Medicine publications |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
hdl_89975.pdf | Published version | 206.59 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.