Consumers’ Knowledge of Food Adulteration and Commonly Used Methods of Detection

Table 4

Respondents’ reasons for buying or not buying an adulterated food product.

Yes, specify	Will you buy a food product when you know it is adulterated		Total
	Yes	No
	19	166	185
Sickness	0	11	11
Food contamination	0	2	2
Not original	0	8	8
Not all adulterated food is harmful	6	0	6
Still need it to prepare food	2	0	2
Reduce quality (nutrients)	0	8	8
If it is there to serve as a preservative	1	0	1
Waste of money	0	2	2
As a piece of evidence that food adulteration is common	2	0	2
Change in taste	0	1	1
It is not good	0	2	2
Dangerous	0	96	96
Stomach upset	0	7	7
Food poisoning	0	8	8
Unhealthy to eat	0	24	24
It will not taste good	0	4	4
Can cause death	0	6	6
Can cause deadly disease	0	7	7
Makes food bulk (plenty)	0	2	2
Total	30	354	384