Purpose

The purpose of the research was to investigate how young consumers perceive food safety and if they trust that official food control agencies or other actors of food supply chains ensure a proper level of safety of food in Poland. The purpose of the paper was also to find out if young consumers are currently concerned that a proper level of food safety is not ensured.

Design/methodology/approach

The analysis was based on a data set from 650 questionnaires collected in an online survey carried out in October 2020 and addressed to the group of young consumers, students of Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland. The analysis was carried out using standard methods of qualitative data analysis (QDA), descriptive statistics, Spearman’s correlation coefficient and Pearson’s chi-square test.

Findings

Less than a half of Polish young consumers consider food to be safe and many other do not have an opinion about this matter. Young consumers do not perceive official agencies in charge of food control as the most responsible for food safety, and they either do not trust these institutions or have no opinion about it. Young consumers declare that food producers and food processing businesses are the most responsible for food safety while retailers and consumers are the least responsible ones. The majority of young consumers are not concerned about ensuring proper food safety.

Originality/value

Up-to-date young consumers' perception of the role and trust in official food control agencies and food safety in Poland have not been investigated, which makes this study a novelty. The findings can be valuable to official agencies in charge of food control and consumer education, to improve their functioning. They can also be important as a basis for further studies, as young consumers’ attitudes and trust in official food control agencies can change.

中文翻译：

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年轻消费者对食品安全的看法及其对官方食品控制机构的信任

目的

该研究的目的是调查年轻消费者如何看待食品安全，以及他们是否相信官方食品控制机构或食品供应链的其他参与者可以确保波兰食品的适当安全水平。本文的目的还在于找出年轻消费者当前是否担心不能确保适当的食品安全水平。

设计/方法/方法

该分析基于2020年10月进行的一项在线调查中收集的650份问卷的数据集，该问卷针对的是年轻消费者群体，即波兰华沙生命科学大学的学生。使用定性数据分析（QDA），描述性统计，Spearman相关系数和Pearson卡方检验的标准方法进行分析。

发现

不到一半的波兰年轻消费者认为食品是安全的，许多其他消费者对此没有意见。年轻的消费者并不认为负责食品控制的官方机构对食品安全负有最大责任，他们要么不信任这些机构，要么对此不抱任何看法。年轻的消费者宣称，食品生产商和食品加工企业对食品安全负有最大责任，而零售商和消费者则是责任最小的企业。大多数年轻消费者并不担心确保适当的食品安全。

创意/价值

尚未调查最新的年轻消费者对波兰官方食品控制机构和食品安全中的作用和信任的看法，这使这项研究具有新颖性。研究结果对于负责食品控制和消费者教育的官方机构改善其功能可能是有价值的。由于年轻消费者对官方食品控制机构的态度和信任可能会发生变化，因此它们也可能作为进一步研究的基础很重要。