JAPAN: Survey finds 83% worried about safety of food - (Daily Yomiuri and Associated Press)
January 29, 2008 – 5:18 pmA recent Yomiuri Shimbun opinion poll was cited as finding that about 83 percent of Japanese are worried about food safety.
The story says that the figure is almost identical to the 84 percent who expressed such concerns in a similar survey in September, held after a series of mislabeling scandals of food products came to light, and suggests that concern over food safety has taken root.
Asked about reasons for their anxiety in a multiple choice format, 71 percent chose “the series of scandals involving false labeling of food products,” while 57 percent picked “the increase in food imports.” “Residual agricultural chemicals” and “food additives” were both picked by 50 percent of people.
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