2025 Eurobarometer on Food Safety in the EU

This Special Eurobarometer, commissioned by EFSA, examines Europeans’ perceptions of and attitudes towards food safety and provides insights in terms of:

• Europeans’ interest in food safety-related topics and factors affecting food-related decisions;
• Awareness of and main concerns about food safety topics, as well as attitudes towards healthy diets and food-related risks;
• Main information channels on food-related risks;
• Levels of trust in different actors from farm to fork;
• Awareness of different aspects of the EU food safety system;
• Behaviour in the area of food safety, using an example of a foodborne disease outbreak. 

This survey builds upon previous Special Eurobarometer surveys conducted in 2010, 2019 and 2022. In the 2025 Eurobarometer Report on Food Safety in the EU, comparisons with the results of the previous 2022 survey are reported.

The 2025 Special Eurobarometer Survey on Food Safety was carried out by the Verian network in the 27 EU Member States between 26 March and 22 April 2025. A total of 26,370 respondents from different social and demographic groups were interviewed face-to-face, either physically in people's homes or through remote video interaction in the appropriate national language.

The 2025 Special Eurobarometer Survey on Food Safety was also carried out in the seven EU Candidate Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Türkiye. A total of 5,655 respondents were interviewed face-to-face in these countries between 26 March and 10 May 2025. For each of the seven EU Candidate Countries, as well as the 27 EU Member States, dedicated country factsheets with national results are available.

The methodology used is that of the Standard Eurobarometer surveys carried out by the Directorate-General for Communication. It is the same for all countries and territories covered in the survey.

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.