NEW YORK—While more than 40 percent of Americans indicate they have become sick or ill over the past two years from something they ate, Americans still give food manufacturers and suppliers the benefit of the doubt, according to results of a Harris Interactive poll of 2,010 adults surveyed online between Jan. 13-15, 2010.
While many people will stop a behavior such as eating a food item that they believe made them sick, most Americans do not have large levels of concern regarding the safety of eating different foods. However, among four types of foods (fresh, canned, frozen and other packaged foods), 21 percent of adults are either extremely or very concerned that fresh foods are safe to eat, followed by canned foods (15 percent), other packaged foods such as boxes, jars, bags, etc. (14 percent) and frozen foods (13 percent).
