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February
12, 2007 -
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STUDY EXAMINES CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AFTER SPINACH RECALL
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Many consumers who stopped eating spinach after last fall’s recall also stopped
buying other bagged produce, a study by the Food
Policy Institute at Rutgers University has found. In a report released Feb.
5, the Institute said the study also showed that although most Americans heard
about the recall, fewer were aware of significant details such as what kind of
spinach was affected, what caused the contamination, and most important, whether
the recall had ended.
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Americans did not get or believe the message that spinach is now safe to eat,
the study indicated. The report points out that there was a “lack of a definitive
statement by the government indicating that spinach was now ‘safe’ to
eat. Instead, the FDA issued a press release on Sept. 22 indicating that ‘the
public can be confident that spinach grown in the non-implicated areas can be
consumed.’ ”
The study can be found by clicking here.
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