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Attitudes of Consumers towards Food Safety
Abstract
The sample of this study carried out to analyze the attitudes of consumers towards food safety consisted of 400 consumers, at the age of 18 and above, living in Muğla and shopping for food. Questionary form was used as a data collection tool. According to research results, the factors for which consumers were concerned most were genetically modified food, artificial colorants, hormones and antibiotic residues in meat, milk and poultry, food with the pesticide residues and food additives. The most of the consumers explained that they reduced the consumption of food which they considered as genetically modified and of food about which they thought that it was obtained from the animals given hormones and antibiotics. Morever, consumers suggested that they could consume these products if they had been certified by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock.
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Primary Language
Turkish
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Authors
A. Bekir
This is me
Publication Date
June 1, 2013
Submission Date
July 10, 2014
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Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 23 Number: 2
