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The Importance Placed on the Monitoring of Food Safety and Quality by Australian Consumers

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  • Julie Henderson

    (School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University; Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia)

  • Loreen Mamerow

    (Discipline of Public Health, Flinders University; Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia)

  • Anne W. Taylor

    (Population Research and Outcomes Studies, Adelaide University; Adelaide 5005, Australia)

  • Paul R. Ward

    (Discipline of Public Health, Flinders University; Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia)

  • Samantha B. Meyer

    (Discipline of Public Health, Flinders University; Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia)

  • John Coveney

    (Discipline of Public Health, Flinders University; Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia)

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.

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  • Julie Henderson & Loreen Mamerow & Anne W. Taylor & Paul R. Ward & Samantha B. Meyer & John Coveney, 2013. "The Importance Placed on the Monitoring of Food Safety and Quality by Australian Consumers," Laws, MDPI, vol. 2(2), pages 1-16, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlawss:v:2:y:2013:i:2:p:99-114:d:26039
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