FSA: Out-of-Home Food Hygiene Is UK Consumers' Top Food Safety Concern
The top three food safety issues of concern for UK citizens are food hygiene when eating out (36%), the use of additives in food (26%), and food poisoning from bacteria such as Salmonella and E. coli (26%), according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Those are among the findings of the FSA's latest Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker survey, conducted in November 2013 and published this week.
When asked about wider food issues, survey respondents indicated their top three issues of concern were food prices (60%), food waste (50%), and the amount of salt in food (44%). Other findings of the study, as reported by FSA, include: