Special Eurobarometer 97.2 Food safety in the EU, 2022

EFSA is committed to conduct periodic Eurobarometer studies to generate data that can guide its communication strategies as well as support those of the Member States. The data is also expected to assist audience segmentation, considering models developed as part of the scientific report on Technical assistance in the field of risk communication. 10 The Communication Experts Network (CEN)11 will remain EFSA’s key partner when designing, implementing and analysing results of research conducted across the EU. The Special Eurobarometer on Food Safety in the EU was part of the Eurobarometer wave 97.2 and was conducted between 21 March and 20 April 2022. Where possible, the methodology used was that of the Standard Eurobarometer surveys carried out by the Directorate-General for Communication (“Media Monitoring and Eurobarometer” Unit). 12,13 That is, CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing), with interviews conducted face to-face in people’s homes or on their doorstep and in the appropriate national language. The Special Eurobarometer on Food Safety covered the population of the respective nationalities of the European Union Member States, resident in each of the 27 Member States and aged 15 years and over, with a total of 26,509 respondents. A technical note concerning the interviews conducted by the member institutes of the Kantar network is annexed to this report. It also specifies the confidence intervals. (Source: document “Introduction”).