Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
IJAFLS-International Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences, cilt.7, sa.1, ss.20-24, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
With globalization, in our country as well as in the whole world; Due to the emergence of previously unknown hazards in foods, concepts such as food safety and food safety have emerged. According to the researches, the situation in question; food trade gaining a global dimension, increase in chemical pollutants, different risks are observed with the entry of new technologies into the sector, increasing economic burden at country and global level, difficulties in food supply, inability to reach healthy food due to insufficient and unbalanced income, increased vulnerability of risk groups, sustainable food security It is caused by factors such as lack of health, unhealthy water and environmental factors. Again, the problems experienced showed that such problems are mostly experienced in animal products, mostly meat and meat products. For this reason, in this study, it was aimed to evaluate the knowledge about food safety and food safety and perception about fish, which is one of the animal foods that consumers consider the most risky.
Food safety; It refers to the precautions to be taken during the food production and distribution process so that consumers can consume healthy foods. The process of supplying healthy and reliable products that do not harm the environment and human health, from the field (farm) to the table, and whose necessary controls are made at every stage of production, is all of the food safety stages. Food safety is; It is a scientific system cycle that defines the processing, preparation, storage and presentation of foods to the end consumer in a way that prevents physical, chemical and biological factors that may cause food spoilage and food-borne diseases. When foods are prepared in accordance with food safety, that is, foods that have not lost their nutritional value in terms of physical, chemical and microbiological properties, and therefore will not pose a health risk to consumers, they are suitable for consumption.
While the concept of food safety is more of a supply-side economic concept, the concept of food safety refers to the safety or health of food. In this sense, the consumer also has to undertake some duties. As can be observed from the study, the consumer; should know adequate and balanced nutrition and correct food preferences, common food-borne diseases and prevention methods, safe food supply steps, and what the labels on foods mean.
For this reason, in this study, socio-economic characteristics of consumers, factors affecting food intake and their knowledge levels on food safety were investigated in order to evaluate consumers' perceptions of food safety. When the 393 consumer surveys that constitute the main material of the study are evaluated; It has been determined that a significant number of consumers are more or less familiar with the concept of food safety, but most of the consumers do not know many concepts related to food safety and food safety.