Along with drinking water safety and crime prevention, food safety remains a top public health concern among Americans, according to a recent survey of more than 400 consumers by CMF&Z Marketing Communications. The annual survey, first conducted in 1993, measures consumer opinions on a wide range of food safety issues.
Eighty-three percent of consumers responding to this year's survey rated food safety as a "very important" public issue, up from 80 percent in 1995. Consumers ranked food safety slightly below drinking water safety (89 percent) and crime prevention (86 percent) as top public issues.