Attitudes of Consumers towards Food Safety

Volume: 23 Number: 2 June 1, 2013
  • A. Bekir
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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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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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Year 1970 Volume: 23 Number: 2

APA
Bekir, A. (2013). Tüketicilerin Gıda Güvenliğine Yönelik Tutumları. Yuzuncu Yıl University Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 23(2), 90-101. https://izlik.org/JA87GK52UR
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