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CONSUMER FOOD SAFETY CONCERNS AND INTEREST IN PESTICIDE‐RELATED INFORMATION
Author(s) -
BRUHN CHRISTINE M.,
DIAZKNAUF KATHERINE,
FELDMAN NANCY,
HARWOOD JAN,
HO GENEVIEVE,
IVANS ERNESTINE,
KUBIN LAUREL,
LAMP CATHI,
MARSHALL MARY,
OSAKI SUSAN,
STANFORD GWENDOLYN,
STEINBRING YVONNE,
VALDEZ ISELA,
WILLIAMSON EUNICE,
WUNDERLICH EVELYN
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4565.1991.tb00082.x
Subject(s) - consumer safety , pesticide , food safety , business , newspaper , environmental health , consumer information , pesticide residue , human health , marketing , advertising , medicine , risk analysis (engineering) , agronomy , biology , pathology
Consumer food safety concerns and interest in pesticide related information was measured by personal interviews with 479 consumers in 14 counties in California. Although concern about pesticide safety was noted by almost half of the respondents, nutritional considerations had the greatest impact on food selection criteria. Of those who volunteered pesticide safety concerns, 15% indicated they sought organic produce and 13% said they avoided or reduced produce purchases. In addition to information about the human health effects of pesticide use, consumers expressed high interest in the environmental effects of pesticide use. Consumers currently use television and newspapers as information sources and prefer these to other sources.