Eurasian consumers' food safety beliefs and trust issues in the age of COVID-19: evidence from an online survey in 15 countries

Abstrakt

BACKGROUND: This investigation provides an important insight into Eurasian consumers' food safety beliefs and trust issues influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey was conducted in 15 European and Asian countries involving more than 4000 consumers. RESULTS: It has confirmed that different socioeconomic characteristics, cultural aspects and education levels shape food safety perceptions within Eurasian countries. The COVID-19 pandemic influenced their beliefs and trust in food safety, which is rela- tively low on average. However, it is significantly higher for European consumers (especially European Union ones) compared to their Asian counterparts. Both Asian and European respondents agreed that food fraud and climate changes represent a food safety issue. However, European consumers were less concerned regarding the food safety of genetically modified foods and meat and dairy analogs/hybrids. Asian consumers were, to a greater extent, worried about the risk of getting COVID-19 from food, restaurants, food retail establishments and home food deliveries. CONCLUSION: Eurasian consumers have put their greatest extent of trust, when food safety assurance is concerned, into food scientists and food producers holding a food safety certificate. Broadly, they are uncertain to what extent their federal govern- ments and food inspectors are competent, able and efficient in ensuring food safety. Higher education of Eurasian consumers was followed by increased food safety confidence in all parts of the food chain.

Autorzy

Igor Tomasevic
Igor Tomasevic
Garegin Hambardzumyan
Garegin Hambardzumyan
Gayane Marmaryan
Gayane Marmaryan
Aleksandra Nikolić
Aleksandra Nikolić
Alen Mujcinovic
Alen Mujcinovic
Weizheng Sun
Weizheng Sun
Xiao-Chen Liu
Xiao-Chen Liu
Bursać Danijela Kovačević
Bursać Danijela Kovačević
Bebek Markovinović Anica
Bebek Markovinović Anica
Nino Terjung
Nino Terjung
Heinz Volker
Heinz Volker
Maria Papageorgiou
Maria Papageorgiou
Adriana Skendi
Adriana Skendi
Goel Gunjan
Goel Gunjan
Mamta Raghav
Mamta Raghav
Zotte Antonella Dalle
Zotte Antonella Dalle
Dimitar Nakov
Dimitar Nakov
Valentina Velkoska
Valentina Velkoska
Anastasia Semenova
Anastasia Semenova
Oksana A. Kuznetsova
Oksana A. Kuznetsova
Miroslav Krocko
Miroslav Krocko
Viera Duckova
Viera Duckova
Jose Manuel Lorenzo
Jose Manuel Lorenzo
Noemi Echegaray
Noemi Echegaray
Emel Oz
Emel Oz
Fatih Oz
Fatih Oz
Ilija Djekic
Ilija Djekic
artykuł
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Angielski
2023
103
15
7362-7373
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