@article{PAR00025987,
  title = {{H}ow perspectives on food safety of vendors and consumers translate into food-choice behaviors in 6 {A}frican and {A}sian countries},
  author = {{I}sanovic, {S}. and {C}onstantinides, {S}. {V}. and {F}rongillo, {E}. {A}. and {B}handari, {S}. and {S}amin, {S}. and {K}enney, {E}. and {W}ertheim-{H}eck, {S}. and {N}ordhagen, {S}. and {H}oldsworth, {M}ichelle and {D}ominguez-{S}alas, {P}. and {A}mbikapathi, {R}. and {L}aar, {A}. and {P}atil, {C}. {L}. and {K}ulkarni, {B}. and {B}ukachi, {S}. {A}. and {N}gutu, {M}. and {B}lake, {C}. {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {C}onsumption of unsafe foods increases morbidity and mortality and is currently an issue, particularly in low-and middle -income countries. {P}olicy actions to ensure food safety are dominated by mitigation of biological and chemical hazards through supply-side risk management, lessening the degree to which consumer perspectives of food safety are considered. {O}bjectives: {T}his study aimed to provide an in-depth understanding, from vendor and consumer perspectives, of how food-safety concerns of consumers translate into their subsequent food-choice behaviors in 6 diverse low-and middle-income countries. {M}ethods: {S}ix {D}rivers of {F}ood {C}hoice projects (2016-2022) provided transcripts from 17 focus group discussions and 343 interviews conducted in {G}hana, {G}uinea, {I}ndia, {K}enya, {T}anzania, and {V}ietnam. {Q}ualitative thematic analysis was used to identify emerging themes important to food safety. {R}esults: {T}he analysis suggests that consumers constructed meaning about food safety through personal lived experience and social in-fluences. {C}ommunity and family members contributed knowledge about food safety. {C}oncerns about food safety were influenced by rep-utations of and relationships with food vendors. {C}onsumers' mistrust of food vendors was amplified by purposeful adulteration or unsafe selling practices and new methods used to produce food. {M}oreover, consumers were reassured of food safety by positive relationships with vendors; meals cooked at home; implementation of policies and following regulations; vendor adherence to environmental sanitation and food-hygiene practices; cleanliness of vendors' appearance; and vendors' or producers' agency to use risk mitigation strategies in pro-duction, processing, and distribution of food. {C}onclusions: {C}onsumers integrated their meanings, knowledge, and concerns about food safety to achieve assurance about the safety of their foods when making food-choice decisions. {T}he success of food-safety policies hinges on consideration of consumers' food-safety concerns in their design and implementation, alongside actions to reduce risk in food supply.},
  keywords = {food policy ; food safety ; qualitative ; consumer ; {D}rivers of {F}ood {C}hoice ; food choice ; low-and middle-income countries ; perspectives ; supply ; chain ; vendor ; {GHANA} ; {GUINEE} ; {INDE} ; {KENYA} ; {TANZANIE} ; {VIET} {NAM}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}urrent {D}evelopments in {N}utrition},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {100015 [12 ]},
  ISSN = {2475-2991},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.cdnut.2022.100015},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00025987},
}