This statistic represents the attitude of Italian adults towards unsafe food shopping in 2016. According to this survey, the vast majority of respondents (almost 90 percent) worried about potentially buying food products that were unsafe for human consumption, either during times of emergency (41 percent) or as a general attitude (47 percent). Only around one in ten respondents did not worry about food safety while shopping.
When shopping for food, does it worry you that they might be selling you products that are unsafe or injurious to human health?
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Euromedia Research. (March 9, 2016). When shopping for food, does it worry you that they might be selling you products that are unsafe or injurious to human health? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/714695/worrying-about-unsafe-food-in-italy/
Euromedia Research. "When shopping for food, does it worry you that they might be selling you products that are unsafe or injurious to human health?." Chart. March 9, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/714695/worrying-about-unsafe-food-in-italy/
Euromedia Research. (2016). When shopping for food, does it worry you that they might be selling you products that are unsafe or injurious to human health?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/714695/worrying-about-unsafe-food-in-italy/
Euromedia Research. "When Shopping for Food, Does It Worry You That They Might Be Selling You Products That Are Unsafe or Injurious to Human Health?." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/714695/worrying-about-unsafe-food-in-italy/
Euromedia Research, When shopping for food, does it worry you that they might be selling you products that are unsafe or injurious to human health? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/714695/worrying-about-unsafe-food-in-italy/ (last visited April 18, 2024)
When shopping for food, does it worry you that they might be selling you products that are unsafe or injurious to human health? [Graph], Euromedia Research, March 9, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/714695/worrying-about-unsafe-food-in-italy/