April 23/Psychology & Psychiatry Journal -- Rutgers' Food Policy Institute (FPI) has released a study showing that many Americans fail to check their homes for recalled food products. Only about 60% of the studied sample reported ever having looked for recalled food in their homes, and only 10% said they had ever found a recalled food product.
The study was based on a survey of 1,101 Americans interviewed by telephone from August 4 to September 24, 2008. The study can be downloaded at www.foodpolicy.rutgers.edu.