Policies and consumers' attitudes toward food safety in Ireland

Shimoura, S.; Maruyama, A.; Kurihara, S.; Brenann, M.A.

Policies and consumers' attitudes toward food safety in Ireland

2009

Shimoura, S.(Chiba Univ., Matsudo (Japan)) | Maruyama, A. | Kurihara, S. | Brenann, M.A.

In this paper, we investigate food safety policies and consumers' attitudes toward food safety issue in Ireland. Firstly, the outline condition of the main food policies in Ireland, the regulation on food labeling, traceability system of beef and beef products, registration policy of organic food and geographical indication policy, are discussed. As second part of analysis, consumers' attitude to food safety is analyzed using from questionnaire survey of 137 local consumers in Galway, Ireland. The results are as followings. (1) Respondents' concerned topics on food safety issues were agricultural chemicals, food additives and BSE issue. (2) The degree of complaint against food safety efforts of the government showed higher rate. (3) The results from probit analysis indicated that the degree of complaint against the government food safety policies showed higher in the respondents having stronger anxiety against food safety and younger generation. On the other hand, respondents purchasing daily food more frequently or being in a family of large household members showed higher complaint to food safety effort of producers and distributors.

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