The main objective of this study was to determine the level of consumer
awareness toward food safety in Damascus, the biggest governorate in Syria.
The data were obtained from a survey of 196 consumers in Damascus, during
the year 2012. A special
index was developed through out set of questions.
ANOVA was used to recognize the significant different means of awareness
index matching levels of each influent factor, and the study revealed that there
were significant differences among index means for categories of: age, gender,
education, marital status, income, sector of work, place of living and place of
shopping. According to the Probit model analysis, older persons had higher
probability of having awareness toward food safety by 18.8% and 16.8% for
the second and third (older) category of age. Women were more aware than
men by 9.2%. High education increases the probability. Likewise, The average
level of income had the highest probability of having awareness by about 34.9%
comparing with low and high income groups. The study recommended to create
a special informative campaigns targeting especially groups with low levels of
awareness, throughout the most favorite ways for consumers, which were T.V.
and internet.
In order to achieve the safety of the product of orange juice packed
in glass bottles, the physical, chemical and biological hazards that
are likely to be found in all stages of industrialization have been
studied, based on the methodology of inte
rnationally approved
hazard analysis according to the HACCP methodology. This study
identified all the potential risks associated with this industry, which
were three basic stages within the manufacturing line: the
pasteurization, the closing phase and the cleaning phase (CIP).
