Research article2020Peer reviewed
Linkages among food safety risk perception, trust and information: Evidence from Hanoi consumers
Thanh Mai Ha; Shakur, Shamim; Kim Hang Pham Do
Abstract
Perception of food safety risk is formed through a complex process. This paper investigates the relationships among information acquisition about food incidents, institutional trust, and risk perception. Applying Structural Equation Modeling on the survey data from Hanoi, linkages among risk perceived of hazards, risk perceived of common foods, and perception of food safety risk in general were verified. Food incident information resulted in a lower level of institutional trust. Negative information about food safety heightened risk perceived of common foods, of hazards and indirectly increased the perception of food safety risk in general. To assist consumers in forming unbiased food safety risk perception, these linkages should be considered.
Keywords
Food safety; Linkages; Structural equation modeling; Risk perception; Hanoi
Published in
Food Control
2020, Volume: 110, article number: 106965
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
UKÄ Subject classification
Food Science
Economics
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106965
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