2025 Eurobarometer on Food Safety within the EU

This Special Eurobarometer, commissioned by EFSA, examines Europeans’ perceptions of and attitudes in the direction of meals security and gives insights when it comes to:

• Europeans’ curiosity in meals safety-related subjects and components affecting food-related selections;
• Awareness of and primary issues about meals security subjects, in addition to attitudes in the direction of wholesome diets and food-related dangers;
• Main info channels on food-related dangers;
• Levels of belief in several actors from farm to fork;
• Awareness of various elements of the EU meals security system;
• Behaviour within the space of meals security, utilizing an instance of a foodborne illness outbreak.

This survey builds upon earlier Special Eurobarometer surveys carried out in 2010, 2019 and 2022. In the 2025 Eurobarometer Report on Food Safety within the EU, comparisons with the outcomes of the earlier 2022 survey are reported.

The 2025 Special Eurobarometer Survey on Food Safety was carried out by the Verian community within the 27 EU Member States between 26 March and 22 April 2025. A complete of 26,370 respondents from totally different social and demographic teams had been interviewed face-to-face, both bodily in individuals’s houses or via distant video interplay within the acceptable nationwide language.

The 2025 Special Eurobarometer Survey on Food Safety was additionally carried out within the seven EU Candidate Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Türkiye. A complete of 5,655 respondents had been interviewed face-to-face in these nations between 26 March and 10 May 2025. For every of the seven EU Candidate Countries, in addition to the 27 EU Member States, devoted nation factsheets with nationwide outcomes can be found.

The methodology used is that of the Standard Eurobarometer surveys carried out by the Directorate-General for Communication. It is identical for all nations and territories coated within the survey.

*This designation is with out prejudice to positions on standing, and is according to UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.