... the edible. Key to these teenagers’ understanding of food safety is the theme of food deception – a deception promulgated by food producers, manufacturers and advertisers who lack transparency about what they are actually selling. Teenagers draw attention to the risks associated with living...

...Aina Ravoniarison Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how French senior consumers deal with duality between perceived risk and perceived value associated with functional foods (FFs) and to analyze whether the risk-value trade-off may help to derive different consumer profiles...

... City Council were immediate cost savings for Preston City Council in their use of human resources. For E.H. Booths, Ltd no initial cost saving was made, but there is potential longer term savings to be made through better risk based targeting of resources. These benefits only being made possible...

...L. Manning; J.M. Soon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the methods for assessing food safety risk within a food safety plan. Design/methodology/approach The research involved analysis of both qualitative and quantitative methods of risk assessment. Findings Risk assessment...

.... Findings Focus group discussions centre on a broad range of themes: economic risks and benefits, environmental concerns, human health issues, trust and nature. Europeans weigh up the scientific risks and benefits of farmed versus wild fish. However, when considering non‐scientific concerns, such as trust...

...Stephen Hunt; Lynn J. Frewer Perceptions of trust have been identified as an important element in the risk communication process. This research is concerned with establishing the degree of trust the general public has in various possible sources of information about the health effects associated...

...Anna Saba; Simona Rosati; Marco Vassallo This paper presents the findings of an empirical work on attitudes towards the application of the gene technology to food production in Italy. It focuses on the importance of perception of risks, benefits and uncertainty in determining general attitude...

... analysis of “Hazard” and “Risk Management” performance in food premises. Analysis has been made of risk assessment scores from 8,000 food premises inspections carried out by Environmental Health Officers from varying LAs, which have been transferred into a computerized database, located at Delyn BC...

...L.J. Frewer; R. Shepherd; P. Sparks Sixty quota‐sampled consumers were interviewed regarding their knowledge about biotechnology, their perceptions of risks and benefits resulting from the application of the technology, and related ethical concerns arising from the technology. Comparisons were made...

... substances. Discusses the results from some recent empirical studies in the light of the more theoretical work in this area of research. The aim is to bring out some salient features which may be important to those who communicate with the public about food‐related risks, as well as for further research...

...V.W. Mitchell; Pari Boustani The idea that risk could be a motivating factor in consumers′choice of breakfast cereal seemed less than plausible on first consideration. However, reports an investigation of secondary sources,some focus groups and a survey of 180 shoppers which revealed...

...A.D. Beardsworth The issue of food safety and the general public′s perception of it is addressed. Risk perception among consumers is a major factor affecting food choice. The cultural and economic context within which food consumption as risk‐taking behaviour is defined and it is shown that long...

...Vincent‐Wayne Mitchell; Michael Greatorex The theory of perceived risk has been examined in many consumer product areas but nowhere is it more applicable than in the purchase of food. Recent food scares, which have greatly increased consumers′perceived risk and decreased demand, have been testament...

...William Bennie A description is given of the main types of accidents which occur in the food industry. Contributory factors are considered and ways of preventing the majority of accidents and decreasing the overall risks are suggested. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Accidents Health and safety...