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- Consumer attitudes and perceptions towards chilled ready-to-eat foods: a multi-national studyPublication . Smigic, Nada; Ozilgen, Sibel; Gómez-López, Vicente M.; Osés, Sandra María; Miloradovic, Zorana; Aleksic, Biljana; Miocinovic, Jelena; Smole Možina, Sonja; Kunčič, Ajda; Guiné, Raquel; Goncalves, J. C.; Trafialek, Joanna; Czarniecka-Skubina, Ewa; Goel, Gunjan; Blazic, Marijana; Herljevic, Dora; Nikolić, Aleksandra; Mujčinović, Alen; Djekic, IlijaUnderstanding consumers’ behavior and their handling of high-risk foods at home is essential for reducing the number of foodborne illnesses. This study shows the results of a cross-national analysis of consumers’ perception from nine countries, and the identification of customers’ clusters and its characteristics in order to understand customers’ behavior, and to build safe chilled ready-to-eat (RTE) foods prevention strategies. The cluster analysis resulted in two clusters: (1) “Precautious consumers” characterized by the orientation towards pre-packed RTE foods, with consumers mainly coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey. Their attitudes and self-reported practices may be categorized as less risky in terms of food-borne illnesses connected with the consumption of RTE foods; (2) “Unconcerned consumers” preferred cutting and slicing RTE foods freshly at the point of purchase, usually sold at the delicatessen department in a supermarket or at open markets. Those consumers mostly came from Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia and their attitudes and self-reported practices were riskier. These results allow a better understating of what characterizes consumers of RTE foods in different countries.
- How do consumers perceive food safety risks? – Results from a multi-country surveyPublication . Djekic, Ilija; Nikolic, Aleksandra; Mujcinovic, Alen; Blazic, Marijana; Herljevic, Dora; Goel, Gunjan; Trafiałek, Joanna; Czarniecka-Skubina, Ewa; Guiné, Raquel; Gonçalves, João Carlos; Smole-Mozina, Sonja; Kunčič, Ajda; Miloradovic, Zorana; Miocinovic, Jelena; Aleksic, Biljana; Gómez-López, Vicente M.; Osés, Sandra Maria; Ozilgen, Sibel; Smigic, NadaAn online survey was distributed to consumers in nine countries in order to investigate their perceptions related to causers of food safety risks, types of food associated with food-borne illnesses and the role of actors in the food supply chain. A total of 2723 respondents have participated in the survey. Results indicated that food hygiene has been recognized as the most important issue associated with food safety risks. Consumers considered meat and meat products as well as egg and egg-based products, as types of food that pose the highest risks to consumer's health. Food processors and food inspection services play the most significant role in food supply chains. Results further revealed that country of origin has the highest influence on consumer perception, opposed to gender with the least influence. Overall, results obtained in this study confirmed the role of food hygiene as the predominant factor in ensuring food safety in the mind of consumers and that animal-originated food has been perceived as the type of food holding higher health risk opposed to food of plant origin. At the same time, these results challenge the trust in food processors and food inspection services.