July 3, 2017 national food safety concern data released. Among the 50 hot words most relevant to food safety, "takeout safety" has been on the list for three consecutive months.
"Food Safety by the Numbers" Summit ForumThe "Food Safety by the Numbers" Summit Forum was held at Tsinghua University as part of the 2017 National Food Safety Awareness Week. At the meeting, today's headlines and Tsinghua University's Institute of Health Communication released the 2016-2017 national food safety concern big data.
According to the 2016-2017 China Online Catering Takeout Market Research Report, China's online food ordering market has been maintaining a relatively high rate of growth since 2011, with the market scale reaching 166.24 billion yuan in 2016, while the scale of online food ordering users has reached 256 million, with a growth rate of 22.5% compared with 2015.
In addition to convenience, food safety has always been one of the key concerns of online takeout users. In the "Monthly Hot Words Related to Food Safety" of the 2016-2017 National Food Safety Concerns Big Data, platforms related to takeout have been on the list for three consecutive months. At the same time, "takeout" also topped the list of the top 50 food safety-related buzzwords.
Milk powder gets the most attentionMilk powder was high on the list of food safety concerns released last year, and this year it is still the most popular food category, followed by meat, fruits and snacks. And among the ingredients with the highest food safety-related concerns, statistics show that nitrites top the list and genetically modified foods are controversial.
From the point of view of public concern, the GM safety of crops such as soybean, cotton, rice, sainfoin, and corn received a higher degree of attention, and women were significantly more concerned about food safety than men. And from the perspective of age distribution, public concern for food safety increases incrementally with the rise of age. And this is consistent with the age trend of health concern.