Underwriters Laboratories’ (UL) latest global study demonstrates the importance of food safety and regulations among consumers and manufacturers.
Asked what will most impact their ability to compete, 41% of manufacturers choose “product safety,” while “product reliability” (22%) came in second and “product innovation” (16%) ranked third. Looking to the future, 31% of manufacturers also cite product safety as the most important factor – well ahead of the 20% that select product innovation. Interestingly, 92% of food manufacturers agree that product safety is becoming more important, and only 2% of those manufacturers believe their company is “behind the curve in product safety.”