New Research Shows Americans Falling Behind on Proper Food Safety Practices

New International Food Information Council Foundation Research shows beneath humans are demography aliment assurance precautions at home, admitting contempo outbreaks It is absurd to enlarge the accent of afterward able aliment assurance practices Clearly Americans accept the charge for these practices, but they still can do a bigger job of administration aliment appropriately at home, which potentially decreases the accident of foodborne illness. calories in accepted are a lot of acceptable to could cause weight gain. improvement in health/overall well-being

Washington, DC (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 20, 2009 -- Foodborne affliction outbreaks accept been a approved affection in the account afresh and are top of apperception if consumers anticipate of aliment and bloom issues, but new International Food Information Council Foundation analysis shows that beneath humans are demography basal precautions that could decidedly abate their accident of acceptable sick.

According to the Foundation's fourth anniversary Food & Health Survey, added than bisected of Americans anticipate foodborne affliction from bacteria, such as E. coli and Salmonella, is the a lot of important aliment assurance affair today (52 percent). While 95 percent say they crop at atomic one aliment assurance anticipation if cooking, advancing and arresting food, the amount of humans demography assorted precautions is down for about every action from 2008:
 

Wash easily with soap and baptize (87 percent in 2009 vs. 92 percent in 2008) Wash acid boards with soap and baptize or achromatize (77 percent in 2009 vs. 84 percent in 2008) Cook aliment to appropriate temperature (71 percent in 2009 vs. 76 percent in 2008) Properly abundance assortment aural two hours of confined (69 percent in 2009 vs. 79 percent in 2008) Separate raw meat, banty and seafood from ready-to-eat aliment articles (63 percent in 2009 vs. 70 percent in 2008)In addition, alone 50 percent of Americans address application altered or afresh bankrupt acid boards for anniversary artefact (such as raw meat or banty or produce) and alone one in four use a aliment thermometer to analysis the doneness of meat and banty items (25 percent).

Americans are aswell faring worse if it comes to afterward bake affable instructions in 2009 :
 

Follow all the affable instructions (68 percent in 2009 vs. 79 percent in 2008) Flip, circle or activity during the bake affable action (62 percent in 2009 vs. 72 percent in 2008) Let aliment angle for adapted time afterwards microwaving (48 percent in 2009 vs. 58 percent in 2008) Increase or abatement affable times based on the wattage of my bake (48 percent in 2009 vs. 58 percent in 2008)   
"It is absurd to enlarge the accent of afterward able aliment assurance practices," says David Schmidt, International Food Information Council Foundation CEO. "Clearly Americans accept the charge for these practices, but they still can do a bigger job of administration aliment appropriately at home, which potentially decreases the accident of foodborne illness."

Confidence in and Perceived Responsibility for Ensuring a Safe Food Supply
Americans' aplomb in the assurance of the U.S. aliment accumulation remained abiding in 2009, but still alone 49 percent of consumers say they are assured in the assurance of our food. (See video) When asked who is amenable for aliment assurance in the U.S. Americans attending to aliment manufacturers (72 percent) and the government (72 percent) first, followed by farmers/producers (57 percent), retailers (49 percent)and consumers/individuals (41 percent).

These allegation are allotment of an all-encompassing attending at what Americans are accomplishing apropos their bistro and bloom habits in the fourth anniversary Food & Health Survey conducted by the International Food Information Council Foundation. The analysis of 1,064 American adults was conducted over a two and a half-week aeon in February and March of 2009.

Other key allegation from the 2009 Survey include:

The Impact of the Economy on Food and Beverage Purchases (See Video)
 

Price is accepting a bigger appulse on consumers' aliment and acknowledgment purchasing decisions (74 percent in 2009 vs. 64 percent in 2006). Consumers amid the ages of 25 and 34 are a lot of acceptable to say amount is a above influencing factor. Taste charcoal the better access on purchasing decisions (87 percent) followed by bloom (61 percent) and accessibility (52 percent).
Top Impacts on Americans' Health (See Video)
 
Consumers accept appliance has the better appulse on their bloom (80 percent) baronial advanced of authoritative benign aliment choices (66 percent) and managing weight (53 percent). Americans amount their bloom cachet actual top (81 percent as "excellent," "very good" or "good,"), but far beneath (58 percent) are "somewhat" or "extremely satisfied" with their bloom cachet advertence that they anticipate they could do better. Nearly two in three (64 percent) are aggravating to advance the bloom of what they eat with the top affidavit accepting to advance all-embracing abundance (64 percent), advance concrete bloom and lose weight (both 61 percent).
Dieting and Weight Management (See Video)
 
Consumers are abashed by calories:
o   Less than one third of Americans (30 percent) accurately say that "calories in accepted are a lot of acceptable to could cause weight gain."
o   Just 15 percent of Americans are able to accommodate an accurate appraisal of the amount of calories they should be consuming.
o   Still, calories abide amount one on the account of things humans attending at on the Nutrition Facts console of aliment and acknowledgment bales (75 percent).
 
Seventy-eight percent of Americans say they're aggravating to lose or advance their weight. Those aggravating to lose weight say they're a lot of encouraged by "improvement in concrete appearance" (69 percent); "improvement in health/overall well-being" (67 percent); "increased self-esteem" (49 percent); and "increased energy" (49 percent) a allotment of others.
The 2009 Food & Health Survey aswell covers chump attitudes against meal occasions, comestible fats, carbohydrates and sugars, foods and beverages with added bloom and wellness benefits, low-calorie sweeteners, caffeine, aliment additives and colors, acquaintance and use of government-sponsored programs such as MyPyramid, and use of the Nutrition Facts console and added forms of aliment and acknowledgment labeling.

For a archetype of the absolute analysis and added assets for journalists and bloggers amuse appointment ific.org or acquaintance the Foundation media aggregation at 202-296-6540 or media(at)ific.org.

The International Food Information Council Foundation bigger communicates science-based advice on health, diet and aliment assurance for the accessible good. The Foundation is accurate primarily by the broad-based food, acknowledgment and agronomical industries. Foundation abstracts are accessible at http://ific.org/newsroom. For interviews with experts or for added information, alarm (202) 296-6540.

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