Designing effective messages for microbial food safety hazards

Jacob, Casey J.; Mathiasen, Lisa; Powell, Douglas

doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.04.011

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“…the vegetable best served washed campaign by FSA (FSA, 2011)) are targeted to increase awareness and food safety knowledge by consumers. However, in order information campaigns to be successful, a whole range of aspects such as consumer knowledge or sociocultural factors and identification of the appropriate media needs to be taken into account (Jacob, Mathiasen, & Powell, 2010). Lack of food safety knowledge can in general be divided into two domains : i) research gaps and ii) lack of implementation of food safety knowledge by the different stakeholders.…”

Section: Rapid Alert Systems Such As the Rapid Alert Systems For Foodmentioning

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Food safety issues in fresh produce: Bacterial pathogens, viruses and pesticide residues indicated as major concerns by stakeholders in the fresh produce chain

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(word count = 400)In January 2011, a workshop was organized by the EU FP7 Veg-i-Trade project to capture opinions of stakeholders on food safety issues in the global fresh produce supply chain. Food safety experts from various stakeholder types in the farm-to-fork chain were represented: farmer related organizations (n=6), fresh produce processing and trading companies (n=17), retail (n=3), consumer organizations (n=2), competent authorities (n=7) and lastly research institutes and universities (n=19). The experts were grouped in nine discussion groups per type of stakeholder and asked to rank food safety issues via a scoring approach according to perceived importance from their stakeholder type point of view. Also information sources for opinion making, appropriate food safety control measures and perceived contextual factors increasingly challenging governance of food safety in fresh produce were ranked according to perceived importance. Although some differences were noted between opinions of the different stakeholders, there was in general an agreement on the main priorities in food safety of fresh produce. Bacterial pathogens were overall considered to be the most important food safety issue for fresh produce, followed by foodborne viruses, pesticide residues and mycotoxins. Alert systems such as the European Commission"s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) were considered as the most important source of information of food safety issues, followed by reports of international organizations (e.g. WHO, EFSA), legislative documents (e.g. EU legislation), national reports (e.g. on monitoring hazards, foodborne outbreaks) and exchange of information between people (informal contacts).Concerning the control measures, the application of good agricultural practices (GAP) was identified to be the most important control measure to assure the safety of fresh produce, followed by the application of good hygienic practices (GHP) and the certification of food safety management systems (FSMS). Increasing international trade and globalization were overall expected to have a large impact on food safety in fresh produce. Other contextual 3 factors perceived to be important were the food safety policies by governments and the (lack of) food safety knowledge by consumers and other stakeholders of the fresh produce supply chain. Although the various stakeholder groups may conceive issues differently from their proper position in the fresh produce supply chain, no deep disagreements emerged. This type of workshop enhances interaction and communication between stakeholders and contributes to a better understanding of each other"s concerns, constraints and motivating interests to deal with the food safety of the increasingly complex and globalized fresh produce supply chain. Key wordsdiscussion group, fresh produce, food safety issue, control measures, contextual factors, information source 4 IntroductionFresh produce is an important part of a healthy diet. Its consumption is known to have a protective health effe...

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Food safety issues in fresh produce: Bacterial pathogens, viruses and pesticide residues indicated as major concerns by stakeholders in the fresh produce chain

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“…This information may elicit feelings of confusion and anxiety, and a need for more information so that individuals can weigh the pros and cons and make well informed decisions on their food intake (Van Dijk, Fischer & Frewer, 2011). Individuals may choose to use the Internet to find additional information (Jacob et al, 2010;Kuttschreuter et al, 2014;Redmond & Griffith, 2006;Tian & Robinson, 2008) which they then process and make sense of, in order to decide whether to purchase and eat the particular products.…”

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“…This holds in particular for the determinants of this behaviour. The popularity of the Internet as a source for food information (Jacob et al, 2010;Kuttschreuter et al, 2014;Redmond & Griffith, 2006;Tian & Robinson, 2008) and its interactive features (Mangold & Faulds, 2009) make it relevant to focus on information sharing in an online context about food issues. In this study, we aim to add to the existing literature by investigating the determinants of online information sharing.…”

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“…Nowadays, the Internet is one of the main sources to search for information about food (Jacob, Mathiasen, & Powell, 2010;Kuttschreuter et al, 2014;Redmond & Griffith, 2006;Tian & Robinson, 2008) and individuals may end up on social media sites when searching. Social media contain the opinions of others, for example peers, experts or anonymous authors.…”

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“…Generally, the Internet is becoming one of the main sources of information (Jacob et al, 2010;Kuttschreuter et al, 2014;Redmond & Griffith, 2006;Tian & Robinson, 2008). In the early days, the Internet was primarily used to search for and check information.…”

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