The recent succession of food crisis and the rise of food scare have endangered the relationship of trust between the consumers and the primary food production parties： raisers, growers, industrial partners, distribu...The recent succession of food crisis and the rise of food scare have endangered the relationship of trust between the consumers and the primary food production parties： raisers, growers, industrial partners, distributors, public institutions, as well as the secondary food production parties： consumer groups and medias. Facing a potentially risky product, the consumer in his collect of risk diminishing information, should be able to trust something or someone. But in order to trust a risk diminishing element, he must first trust its emitter. In order to enhance consumer perception towards Lebanese food safety, we began a survey on a sample of a population randomly selected. The study found significant difference among education levels concerning attitude towards food safety and knowledge. No significant effect of demographic profile and sex on food handling practices was found. These findings increase concerns about consumer safety knowledge and practices. It is advised that a national survey should be conducted, followed by a properly designed food safety public health campaign, to enhance household food safety awareness.展开更多
文摘The recent succession of food crisis and the rise of food scare have endangered the relationship of trust between the consumers and the primary food production parties： raisers, growers, industrial partners, distributors, public institutions, as well as the secondary food production parties： consumer groups and medias. Facing a potentially risky product, the consumer in his collect of risk diminishing information, should be able to trust something or someone. But in order to trust a risk diminishing element, he must first trust its emitter. In order to enhance consumer perception towards Lebanese food safety, we began a survey on a sample of a population randomly selected. The study found significant difference among education levels concerning attitude towards food safety and knowledge. No significant effect of demographic profile and sex on food handling practices was found. These findings increase concerns about consumer safety knowledge and practices. It is advised that a national survey should be conducted, followed by a properly designed food safety public health campaign, to enhance household food safety awareness.
