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Ananya Rana , Shivangi Mishra , Komal Soni , Mrinal Samtiya , Neetu Kumra Taneja , Tejpal Dhewa ·

YOU? · · 2023 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394229116.ch12 · OA: W4386456688

Controversy, conflict, and paradigm changes have frequently occurred in the investigation of risk perception about food safety. A few years back, food was considered safe and associated with low risk, and if the risk was considered, it was related to hygienic conditions. Consequently, studies have been done, and it was found that food risk is equally important as the other risk factors. It may be caused due to various factors such as environmental risk, technological hazards, chemical hazards etc. and attention move towards the safety and risk associated with food. Various private and public organizations came up with different laws and conducted various awareness programs about food safety, consumer rights, risk assessment and food contamination. Consumer attitude towards food safety and risk assessment should be directed towards explicitly establishing a framework for assessing consumer behaviour in these terms. Food risk assessment has mostly focused on attempting to explain the disparity in viewpoints between specialists and the general population while disregarding it. The chapter provides a brief summary of consumer viewpoints about food safety, as well as food safety laws and risk assessment.