Results of a survey on the perceptions of food safety in New Zealand suggest that more than half (53%) of all those questioned believe food safety standards have improved during the past few years.
A quantitative study, carried out by UMR Research in July on behalf of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) also reveals that the number of people studying ingredient labels has risen to 58% that’s 10% more than those questioned in the original survey carried out in 2002. The survey is the third undertaken for NZFSA since that time, and shows a number of interesting trends.
While most respondents (85%), cited chicken as a primary food safety concern, 95% said they were aware of the need for special care when cooking and handling poultry and always checked to ensure such meat had been cooked properly before eating it. Similarly, 9 out of 10 said they always followed [...]
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