IRAQI CONSUMER AWARENESS OFF THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH CONSUMING CANNED FOOD: IRAQI CONSUMER AWARENESS OFF THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH CONSUMING CANNED FOOD
Keywords: Consumer culture
quality and food safety
canned foods.
The aim of this research was to indicate the opinion of the Iraqi consumer awareness of the risks associated with consuming canned food, the questionnaire was included 20 questions for label information, consumer culture, shopping, marketing, awareness and knowledge as a tool to survey the opinions of 300 consumers in Baghdad, the data was analyzed by using percentage, weighted mean, and weight percent, the results obtained showed that the Iraqi consumer need more information, training and guidance programs in food safety handling issue for canned food, especially in analysis of label information and growing of consumer culture for shopping, right marketing, awareness and knowledge.
