China - USMEF’s survey shows reaction of Chinese consumers to H1N1
http://www.usmef.org/TradeLibrary/News09_0903a.asp
04-Sep-2009 (16 years 9 months 4 days ago)Nearly two-thirds of China’s consumers stopped eating pork in the early stages of the H1N1 influenza outbreak this year, and more than one in five consumers in the world’s largest pork market still believe that eating pork can result in catching the flu virus, according to a survey of 1,200 Chinese consumers commissioned last month by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
Even now, months after the initial outbreak, 21.2 percent of those surveyed still believe that eating pork can lead to catching the H1N1 virus. Despite efforts by the Chinese government to educate consumers regarding the safety of pork, 54.7 percent of those who fear the connection between pork and the flu virus say that it is because the virus has been labeled “swine flu.”
Even now, months after the initial outbreak, 21.2 percent of those surveyed still believe that eating pork can lead to catching the H1N1 virus. Despite efforts by the Chinese government to educate consumers regarding the safety of pork, 54.7 percent of those who fear the connection between pork and the flu virus say that it is because the virus has been labeled “swine flu.”