USA: Consumers are increasingly worried about food safety

More than a fourth have owned a recalled meat product
Sixty-one percent of Americans are worried or very worried about food and product safety, and 55 percent say they are more worried today than a year ago, according to a survey by legal information services provider Thomson West.The survey, which examined consumer feelings about a range of products including food, toys and home appliances, found that 61 percent of respondents are worried about the safety of food. The only product category that prompted more safety concern was medicine, which 64 percent of consumers said they are worried about.Twenty-seven percent of survey respondents said they have owned a recalled food product. Thomson West's survey results echo the findings of an exclusive survey conducted by Meatingplace and POULTRY, which discovered that 34 percent of consumers are less confident about the overall safety of the U.S. meat supply than they were five years ago. (See Exclusive: Survey suggests fraying consumer confidence in meat safety on Meatingplace.com, Dec. 17, 2007.)
Source: Meatingplace.comAporte: Guillermo Figueroa