Risk/Benefit Communication about Food—A Systematic Review of the Literature

Frewer, Lynn J.; Fischer, Arnout R.H.; Brennan, Mary; Bánáti, Diána; Lion, René; Meertens, Ree M.; Rowe, Gene; Siegrist, Michael; Verbeke, Wim; Vereijken, Carel

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“…The importance of developing trust has been highlighted in all of the cases, although this may have greatest impact in terms of long-term consumer responses to risk-benefit communications (Berg 2004;Frewer et al 2015). Communicating risk uncertainty to the public has emerged as an important issue.…”

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Extrapolating understanding of food risk perceptions to emerging food safety cases

Kaptan

Fischer

Frewer

2017

Journal of Risk Research

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Important determinants of risk perceptions associated with foods are the extent to which the potential hazards are perceived to have technological or naturally occurring origins, together with the acute vs. chronic dimension in which the potential hazard is presented (acute or chronic). This study presents a case study analysis based on an extensive literature review examining how these hazard characteristics affect people's risk and benefit perceptions, and associated attitudes and behaviors. The cases include E. coli incidences (outbreaks linked to fresh spinach and fenugreek sprouts), contamination of fish by environmental pollutants, (organochlorine contaminants in farmed salmon), radioactive contamination of food following a nuclear accident (the Fukushima accident in Japan), and GM salmon destined for the human food chain. The analysis of the cases over the acute vs. chronic dimension suggests that longitudinal quantification of the relationship between risk perceptions and impacts is important for both acute and chronic food safety, but this has infrequently been applied to chronic hazards. Technologies applied to food production tend to potentially be associated with higher levels of risk perception, linked to perceptions that the risk is unnatural. However, for some risks (e.g. those involving biological irreversibility), moral or ethical concerns may be more important determinants of consumer responses than risk or benefit perceptions. (Lack of) trust has been highlighted in all of the cases suggesting transparent and honest risk-benefit communications following the occurrence of a food safety incident. Implications for optimizing associated risk communication strategies, additional research linking risk perception, and other quantitative measures, including comparisons in time and space, are suggested.

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Extrapolating understanding of food risk perceptions to emerging food safety cases

Kaptan

Fischer

Frewer

2017

Journal of Risk Research

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“…This way, the causal elements of the mental model are more clearly understood, as well as the dynamic elements that will necessitate periodic review and revision [18]. Frewer et al [20] also concluded that the mental model discovery process should be extended to consider subsequent actionable behavior, as that is essential to the educational and public policy application of the mental model.…”

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“…Frewer et al [20] pointed out that the most representative mental model is one in which the target population is studied both quantitatively and qualitatively. Multiple statistical and modeling approaches are useful to support the findings of the mental model process.…”

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“…The development of a personal, collective, or company mental model requires both a foundational discovery process that should be rooted in social science and risk communication theory [20], and an elucidation process that directly queries the target stakeholder. This way, the causal elements of the mental model are more clearly understood, as well as the dynamic elements that will necessitate periodic review and revision [18].…”

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Food Safety Information Processing and Teaching Behavior of Dietitians: A Mental Model Approach

Medeiros

LeJeune

2015

Agriculture

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Abstract:Health professionals play an important role in educating the public about food safety risks. However, the ways this important group of educators remains up-to-date on these topics are not well defined. In this study, a national sample of dietitians employed in direct teaching of patients (n = 327) were recruited to complete a web-delivered survey designed to develop a model of factors that promote information processing and teaching in practice about food safety related to fresh vegetables. The resulting mental model demonstrates that dietitians teach fresh vegetable safety using systematic information processing to intellectually understand new information, but this is also associated with a gap in the dietitian's knowledge of food safety. The juxtaposition of an information processing model with a behavioral model provides valuable new insights about how dietitians seek, acquire and translate/transfer important information to move patients toward a higher goal of food safety. The study also informs food safety educators as they formulate teaching strategies that are more effective than other approaches at promoting behavior change.

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“…Consequently, providing a certification service becomes an important aspect of ensuring organic quality. Certification guarantees the confidence of those involved in the production system by making transparency in the system possible, just as with any other food system (Frewer et al, 2014). International audit certification plays a predominant role in production and organic trade.…”

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2018

Rev. ambiente água

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This graph shows the influence of rainfall on the seasonal variation in cadmium (Cd) concentration in water samples from five reservoirs (R) and an artesian well (home). Intensive farming using agrochemicals (fertilizers and pesticides) can increase heavy metal concentrations in the soil-water-plant system, especially in the case of elements poorly retained by the soil and easily lost to leaching. Source: SILVA, L. S. et al. Heavy metals in waters used for human consumption and crop irrigation. Rev. Ambient. Água, Taubaté, vol. 13 n. 4, p. 1-10, 2018 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Heavy metals in waters used ABSTRACTThe consumption of contaminated water is a major source of heavy metal contamination in humans and animals. This study therefore aimed to assess Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn levels in water used for human and animal consumption and vegetable crop irrigation in Camocim de São Félix, Pernambuco, Brazil. Water samples were collected on the studied farms from an artesian well and reservoirs used for human and animal consumption as well as for crop irrigation. The results showed that concentrations of Cd (> 0.001 mg L -1 ), Ni (> 0.025 mg L -1 ) and Pb (> 0.01 mg L -1 ) were above the maximum allowable limits established under Brazilian law, indicating the need for a preventive monitoring program and immediate intervention initiatives aimed at the sources of contamination. The results demonstrate the need to quantify heavy metal content in vegetable crops, since their contamination by irrigation water may make them harmful to human health. Rainfall has a seasonal effect on heavy metal concentrations in water, showing a significant effect on Pb levels, whereas Cd and Ni content was less dependent on seasonal variation. e na irrigação de hortaliças no município de Camocim de São Félix (PE). Nas propriedades agrícolas, as amostras de água analisadas foram coletadas de poço artesiano e de reservatórios destinados ao consumo humano, animal e irrigação das lavouras. Os resultados demonstraram que as águas analisadas no presente estudo apresentaram concentrações de Cd (> 0,001 mg L -1 ), Ni (> 0,025 mg L -1 ) e Pb (> 0,01 mg L -1 ) superiores aos teores máximos permitidos indicados pela legislação brasileira, sinalizando a necessidade de um programa de monitoramento preventivo e ações de intervenção imediata das fontes de contaminação. Os resultados indicam a necessidade de quantificação das concentrações de metais pesados nas hortaliças, visto que contaminadas pelas águas de irrigação podem ser uma fonte nociva à saúde humana. A precipitação pluviométrica tem influência sobre a variação sazonal dos teores dos metais nas águas, com maior efeito na concentração de Pb e influência moderada nas concentrações de Cd e Ni.Palavras-chave: agroquímicos, cádmio, chumbo, elementos-traço, poluição difusa.

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Risk/Benefit Communication about Food—A Systematic Review of the Literature

Cited by 101 publications

References 53 publications

Extrapolating understanding of food risk perceptions to emerging food safety cases

Extrapolating understanding of food risk perceptions to emerging food safety cases

Food Safety Information Processing and Teaching Behavior of Dietitians: A Mental Model Approach

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