Samenvatting

Challenges on food safety has been around for so long and there have been several policies developed by local governments and international agencies to ensure foods get to the final consumers in the safest condition. knowing the rationales, mindsets, beliefs, and practices that shape the decisions of consumers and food vendors is critical to develop and inform interventions to improve food safety at formal and informal markets. Those interventions should enable consumers to demand safer food and vendors to deliver it. However, knowledge of consumer perception on food safety is limited. To fill this knowledge gap, this research was undertaken to dig deeper in the perception of consumers in Abuja Municipal Council, Abuja in Nigeria, which is the most populous municipal in the State.