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USE OF FOOD LABELS BY HOUSEHOLDS FOOD PREPARERS IN AKWAIBOM STATE, NIGERIA
Abstract
Food labels are a contemporary tool for disseminating food product, health and nutrition, and differentiation of
information to consumers. This study, adopted a two-stage sampling method, collected cross-sectional data from
457 respondents, and analysed the use of food labels by household food preparers in AkwaIbom State, Nigeria.
Mainly, the study described the prevalence, margin and intensity of use of food labels by respondents.
Additionally, it determined the factors influencing the use of food labels by household food preparers. Almost all
respondents were married females about 41years old, household size of 5persons, monthly income of N94,793
and spent about 13years acquiring formal education. Descriptively, mean use of food label index as threshold
showed that 58.42% of household food preparers had sufficient use of food labels; about 8 items on the list
presented were viewed. Furthermore, gap of 4 items between those that have sufficient and less than sufficient
use of food labels were additionally identified. The gap between the two categories was more severe when twothirds
of the mean is adopted as critical index. Age (p ≤ 0.01), education (p ≤ 0.01), confidence in safety labels (p ≤
0.01) and household income (p ≤ 0.05) were significant factors influencing the probability of a household food
preparer having sufficient use of food labels. Stimulation of use-driven programmes, by governmental and nongovernmental
organisations are recommended to bridge the gap between those that have less than sufficient and
sufficient use of food labels.
