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.