British Food Journal: Volume 107 Issue 7

Consumer food safety knowledge: Segmentation of Irish home food preparers based on food safety knowledge and practice

Jean Kennedy, Valerie Jackson, Cathal Cowan, Ian Blair, David McDowell, Declan Bolton

Consumers have an important role to play in preventing food‐borne disease. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that consumers could be segmented successfully based on…

Bacterial contamination of domestic kitchens over a 24‐hour period

I.W. Haysom, A.K. Sharp

Many cases of food poisoning originate in the domestic environment and can be associated with improper food handling and ineffective cleaning by consumers. These practices could…

Consumer perceptions of food safety education sources: Implications for effective strategy development

Elizabeth C. Redmond, Christopher J. Griffith

Consumers often use inappropriate food‐handling practices and improving these could help to reduce the incidence of foodborne disease. However the development of an effective food…

Factors influencing the efficacy of consumer food safety communication

Elizabeth C. Redmond, Christopher J. Griffith

The home is the location for a substantial number of cases of food poisoning and improving consumer food safety practices is important. This paper proposes investigating how…

Understanding consumer perception of food quality: the cases of shrimps and cheese

Torben Hansen

The paper proposes to investigate empirically consumers' quality perception of shrimps and cheese.

Food storage and disposal: consumer practices and knowledge

M.J. Terpstra, L.P.A. Steenbekkers, N.C.M. de Maertelaere, S. Nijhuis

Consumer food handling behaviour is important in preventing food borne disease and this paper proposes examining consumer behaviour and knowledge concerning food storage and…

Food Wars – The Global Battle for Mouths, Minds and Markets

Ruth Fairchild

The Chemistry of Oils and Fats: Sources, Composition, Properties and Uses

Ara Kanekanian