Chlorinated chicken and GM foods are of greatest concern to consumers in Scotland | Only one in 10 would be likely to buy GMO foods even if they were cheaper | New consumer research from Food Standards Scotland finds “Sale of chlorinated chicken and GM foods are of the greatest concern” to consumers post-Brexit. Only one in 10 would be likely to buy GMO foods even if they were cheaper – though that assumes they would still be labelled.
The percentage of people who were "very concerned" about GM foods and chlorinated chicken was 57%, with 23% being "quite concerned".
This is the second wave of research in 2020 on the perceived effects of Brexit on food. The online survey was sent to people living in Scotland. A total of 1002 completed responses were received.
Key findings:
* There would appear to be strong opposition to lower standards of food.
* Chlorinated chicken and GM foods are of the greatest concern, followed by lowering
animal welfare standards.
* Chlorinated chicken is least likely to be purchased, with 3 out of 4 saying they are
very unlikely to purchase it.
* Compared with January, there appears to be a slight hardening of opinion with more
saying that they are concerned about potential lower standards, and also less likely
to purchase poorer quality foods.
* Consumers say that cheaper prices for inferior products will not tempt them: indeed
the opposite is true. Just 1 in 10 said they would be likely to buy GM foods if significantly cheaper; least likely to be purchased even if cheaper is chlorinated chicken.
* Half (56%) do not see any reason why they should stock up on any food items.
* Almost 4 out of 5 (78%) of those who would vote to leave see no reason to stock up
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