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Consumer Assessment of the Safety of Beef at the Point of Purchase: A Pan‐European Study
Author(s) -
Henson Spencer,
Northen James
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2000.tb01211.x
Subject(s) - european union , point (geometry) , telephone survey , business , point of sale , food safety , member states , consumer safety , process (computing) , marketing , eu countries , international trade , food science , mathematics , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , chemistry , geometry , world wide web , operating system
The paper employs structural equation modelling to explore the process by which consumers assess the safety of beef at the point of purchase. The data employed in the analysis are collected through a telephone survey in six European Union member states. The results indicate differences in the process by which the safety of beef is assessed by consumers between the study countries. The implications of the results for policy within the European Union are discussed.