Consumers concern about food safety parameters: A health perspective

Abstract

Globally, the incidence of food borne diseases is increasing and international food trade is disrupted by frequent disputes over food safety and quality requirements. Many food control systems need to be revised and strengthened if improvements are to be realized. It has never been more important for developing countries to implement and enforce a food control system based on the modern concept of risk assessment. Primary data was collected by interviewing 200 consumers (NDRI, Karnal and GADVASU, Ludhiana milk parlor), who were the regular consumers of the milk products in the two distinct areas of northern India to find out their food safety concerns. The results revealed that consumers are concerned about different food safety parameters like hygiene, safety, freshness, assertiveness etc. Different food safety parameters are further subdivided into different categories to find out the consumers concern regarding food safety in purview of their health perspective. The data proposed the inclusion of food safety parameters wisely in the food value chain system.