Microbiologically, wine is a low food safety risk consumer product

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The Commission voted unanimously (3-0) to approve publication of the draft notice in the Federal Register that invites written comments on two requests asking the Commission to issue a ban or promulgate a standard on adult portable bed rails. Gloria Black, the Consumer Federation of America, and 60 other organizations made one request; Public Citizen made the other request. The requests have be...

Food Safety and Fear: Factors Affecting Consumer Response to Food Safety Risk

The objective of this research was to explore the factors that affect consumers’ responses to low probability food safety risks. A survey of two thousand consumers was conducted in mid-2003, yielding a response rate of 32.0%. The analysis indicated a family-oriented response to food safety risks. Primary meal planners, women, and members of households with young children were the most likely to...

Consumer Perceptions of Risk: Implications for Food Safety Policy

In the 1995 Food Marketing Institute Survey, 77 percent of shoppers were completely or mostly confident that foods in their supermarket are safe. This percentage is still lower than the 90 percent in 1985-88, or even the 82 percent in 1991, but is increasing. Respondents were asked to volunteer their concerns as to "threats" to the food supply. Spoilage was given by 52 percent (significantly hi...

Consumer Perceptions Of Food Safety

Risk assessment of low-level chemical exposures from consumer products under the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission chronic hazard guidelines.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is an independent regulatory agency that was created in 1973. The CPSC has jurisdiction over more the 15,000 types of consumer products used in and around the home or by children, except items such as food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, pesticides, certain radioactive materials, products that emit radiation (e.g., microwave ovens), and aut...