Information sources on food safety in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016

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Nils-Gerrit Wunsch,
Oct 11, 2023
This statistic displays how adults learnt about food safety in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016. Of respondents, 30 percent said they learnt about food safety from a family member or friends, while five percent said they learnt about food safety from TV.

In which of the following ways have you learnt about food safety?

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Family and friends 30%
Product packaging 25%
Internet search engine 10%
Books 6%
Food TV shows and cooking programmes 5%
No main source 2%
Other answers 21%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents30%30%25%25%10%10%6%6%5%5%2%2%21%21%Family and friendsProduct packagingInternet search engineBooksFood TV shows and cooking programmesNo main sourceOther answers
0%10%20%30%2.5%5%7.5%12.5%15%17.5%22.5%25%27.5%32.5%35%

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Release date

March 2017

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

May 27 to September 30, 2016

Number of respondents

3,118 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

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