Food and You 2: Technical Report
This technical report is for the Food and You 2 survey. This report outlines the questionnaire development, sampling, fieldwork and weighting approach for Wave 1-7.
The FSA is committed to making sure that understanding of what people throughout the food chain think, feel and do informs our risk management and communication. Understanding the FSA’s impact on the world around us is also important, and the data gathered through our work helps us demonstrate our performance and to be accountable to the FSA Board and the UK public. We publish reports and data from all our social science research.
Research reports
Consumer Insights Tracker March 2024
The Consumer Insights Tracker is an online monthly tracking survey commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Northern Ireland Take Home Food and Drink Purchases 2018 to 2022
The FSA purchased data from Kantar's Worldpanel on take home food and drink purchasing. This report explores the FSA's results and analysis of purchasing from 2018 to 2022 in Northern Ireland.
Food and You 2: Wave 7
Research from Food and You 2: Wave 7.
Consumer Insights Tracker February 2024
The Consumer Insights Tracker is an online monthly tracking survey commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Consumer Insights Tracker January 2024
The Consumer Insights Tracker is an online monthly tracking survey commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Food allergy awareness champions: Improving food safety standards in online food procurement for people with food hypersensitivities
This study aimed to develop a better understanding of the practices and behaviours of people with food hypersensitivities when buying food online, and to use accredited methods to determine the presence of certain allergens in selected samples of food procured by participants.
Consumer Insights Tracker December 2023
The Consumer Insights Tracker is an online monthly tracking survey commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Food and You 2: 2020-2023 trends: Weighting note
Summary of how the weights for the Food and You 2: 2020-2023 trends data were calculated.
Consumer Insights Tracker November 2023
The Consumer Insights Tracker is an online monthly tracking survey commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Food and You 2: 2020-2023 trends report
This is the first Food and You 2 trends report which provides an overview of key trends between Wave 1 (July 2020 to October 2020) and Wave 6 (October 2022 to January 2023).
Kitchen Life 2 Technical report
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) commissioned Kitchen Life 2 (KL2) to understand food safety practices in household and food business operator (FBO) kitchens.
Food and You 2: Northern Ireland Wave 5-6 Key Findings
The survey measures self-reported consumer knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to food safety and other food issues amongst adults in Wales, England, and Northern Ireland.
Consumer Insights Tracker October 2023
The Consumer Insights Tracker is an online monthly tracking survey commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Kitchen Life 2
Kitchen Life 2 is a behavioural research project that used video capture to understand real-life behaviour in household and business kitchens.
Consumer Insights Tracker
Monthly research and consumer insight on behaviours and attitudes towards food insecurity, food availability, consumer concerns and confidence in the food chain.
Consumer Insights Tracker September 2023
The Consumer Insights Tracker is an online monthly tracking survey commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Food and You 2: Wave 6 Technical report
This technical report is for Wave 6 and gives details about each wave of fieldwork.
Food and You 2 - Wave 6
Research from Food and You 2: Wave 6.
Evaluation of the use of remote assessments for FHRS requested re-inspections in England
The study looked to understand experiences of remote assessment, how it was being used, and its benefits and limitations among LAs and food business operators (FBOs). It also looked at barriers and facilitators to remote assessment by LAs.