Animal welfare: data from an online consultation


Submitted: 26 August 2015
Accepted: 3 October 2015
Published: 1 December 2015
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  • Paola Sechi Laboratory of Food Inspection, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
  • Chiara Baldinelli Laboratory of Food Inspection, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
  • Maria F. Iulietto Laboratory of Food Inspection, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
  • Beniamino T. Cenci Goga Laboratory of Food Inspection, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
This paper analyses data obtained from an online survey related to animal welfare and religious slaughter topics. The questionnaire was conducted with the purpose of examining the purchase behaviour of a group of consumers (with different religious orientation) and their views on animal protection and ritual slaughter. The main results of the consultation were two. The first evidenced the respondents’ great interest about the question on animal welfare, which is in accordance with the growing interest of European citizens concerning this issue. The second was the demand for a more transparent labelling of animal products, which would also reflect animal welfare and the slaughter method used. These results are in contrast with marketing analysis, which finds that consumers want to only receive positive information. Paradoxically, the more information is transmitted to reassure consumers, the higher is the risk to alarm them.

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Sechi P, Baldinelli C, Iulietto MF, Cenci Goga BT. Animal welfare: data from an online consultation. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2015 Dec. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];4(4). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2015.5504

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