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While most respondents had some understanding of the causes of unsafe food, they did not generally worry about becoming ill themselves and felt food safety risks were easily mitigated through in-home behaviours. Thus, food safety practices were not a main motivator of market or vendor choice. There was no evidence that food safety concerns led consumers to prefer packaged, processed food or to avoid consuming fresh foods.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980024002131_as6\">\n\t    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>The study offers novel depth and detail on a topic of strong policy relevance. While building on an encouraging base of understanding of food safety, there remains considerable scope for increasing knowledge, particularly with regard to the need to procure safe food as opposed to expecting household-level practices to mitigate all safety risks. 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