Previous consumer attitudes surveys
From 2001 to 2007, the FSA conducted the Consumer Attitudes Survey on an annual basis to investigate people’s attitudes to food. The survey covered issues such as safety and hygiene, nutrition, diet and shopping.
The results of these surveys informed us about consumer trends around food and helped us to decide which areas we need to focus on to boost public confidence about food standards and safety.
A one-off Public Attitudes to Food Issues survey was carried out in 2008 to investigate the public's views to food issues that had not been measured for some time. Areas covered by the survey included food prices, additives, pesticides, veterinary medicines and allergy information. The report also showed that three in ten people would use the Internet to find out information about food, and one in five had heard of or visited one of the Agency’s websites.
A new survey – ‘Food and You’ – has been developed following a recommendation by the FSA's independent advisory committee, the Social Science Research Committee, to establish a new survey on attitudes and behaviours. The committee also recommended the FSA expanded the remit of the existing survey and increase the demographic information collected and improve confidence in applying the results to the general population.
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Consumer attitudes survey segmentation report
TNS conducted the seventh annual wave of the Consumer Attitudes Survey between August and October 2006. This report covers further analysis based on the Consumer Attitudes Survey data and consequent, additional qualitative exploratory research conducted in July 2007.
Our eighth consumer attitudes survey
The Food Standards Agency's eighth annual Consumer Attitudes to Food Survey points to increased confidence among the public in the food they are consuming, and with regard to wider food issues.
Our seventh consumer attitudes survey
The 2006 survey reveals that healthy eating is a key concern for consumers, with many people checking labels for nutritional information on a regular basis as well as an increasing awareness of 5-a-day messaging.
Our sixth consumer attitudes survey
Our sixth consumer attitudes survey reveals that an increasing number of consumers say they are taking an active interest in their food and diet, with more people checking food labels and trying to eat more fruit and vegetables.
Our fifth consumer attitudes survey
The Food Standards Agency's fifth Consumer Attitudes to Food survey shows an increase in people's concerns about their diet and health.
Our fourth consumer attitudes survey
The Food Standards Agency's fourth Consumer Attitudes to Food survey shows a decrease in concern about BSE, eggs and the safety of meat since the Agency was set up in 2000, and an increase in awareness about fruit and veg advice, and the need to cut down on salt.
Our third consumer attitudes survey
The Food Standards Agency's third annual Consumer Attitudes to Food survey highlights a number of trends developing from when the first survey was carried out in 2000.
Our second consumer attitudes survey
This annual survey was devised with the purpose of enabling the Food Standards Agency to improve its knowledge and understanding of consumer attitudes to food safety and food standards, to track year on year changes in public opinion, and to gauge changes in public confidence in food safety arrangements.
Our first consumer attitudes survey
In our first survey, for example, your concerns included issues such as BSE, food poisoning, food hygiene and labelling. As a result of that, we decided to launch a major food hygiene campaign, due to begin early in 2002, and a food labelling action plan aimed at promoting clear labelling policies.