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Food safety and the New Zealand public 2007 survey
3 Interest in and Knowledge of Food Safety Issues
Declared interest in food safety issues fell slightly in the 2007 survey. 53% of New Zealanders now claimed to be interested in food safety (‘1’or ‘2’ on a 5 point scale where 1 meant very interested), compared with 57% in 2005 and 58% in 2003. 64% of those who said that they had to watch what they eat for health reasons rated their interest as either a ‘1’or a ‘2’, compared with 38% of those who said that they often had takeaways.
In line with the slippage in declared interested in food safety issues, the number who said that they would be interested in getting information on food safety also fell (down 4% to 62%).
INTEREST IN GETTING INFORMATION ON FOOD SAFETY ISSUES How interested would you be in getting information on food safety issues - very interested, fairly interested, not that interested or not interested at all? | |||
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August 2003 % |
May 2005 % |
July 2007 % | |
Very interested |
21 |
23 |
19 |
Fairly interested |
44 |
43 |
43 |
TOTAL INTERESTED |
65 |
66 |
62 |
Not that interested |
26 |
24 |
28 |
Not interested at all |
8 |
9 |
10 |
TOTAL NOT INTERESTED |
34 |
33 |
38 |
Unsure |
1 |
1 |
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On the other hand, declared knowledge of food safety issues remained steady (60% ‘a lot’ or ‘a fair amount’, up 1% since 2005).
KNOWLEDGE OF FOOD SAFETY ISSUES IN NEW ZEALAND How much do you know about food safety issues in New Zealand - a lot, a fair amount, not that much or hardly anything? | |||
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August 2003 % |
May 2005 % |
July 2007 % | |
A lot |
9 |
12 |
15 |
A fair amount |
46 |
47 |
45 |
TOTAL A LOT + A FAIR AMOUNT |
55 |
59 |
60 |
Not that much |
36 |
32 |
31 |
Hardly anything |
9 |
8 |
9 |
TOTAL NOT THAN MUCH + HARDLY ANYTHING |
45 |
40 |
40 |
Unsure |
- |
1 |
- |
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