Meat-eating and the Foot & Mouth outbreak
A MORI poll commissioned by CIWF in the run up to Easter, revealed a stampede away from beef, lamb and pork in light of the foot and mouth crisis with a massive six million (14% of the adult population) people eating more chicken.
A MORI poll commissioned by CIWF in the run up to Easter, revealed a stampede away from beef, lamb and pork in light of the foot and mouth crisis with a massive six million (14% of the adult population) people eating more chicken.
- 1,003 interviews
- Conducted by telephone between 6-8 April 2001
- Nationally representative sample (aged 15+) weighted to national profile, and representing c.45 million adults in GB.
- '*' indicates less than 0.5 of one per cent, but greater than zero
Now some questions about the foot & mouth crisis
Q And which specific types of food, if any, are you eating less of as a result of the crisis..?
Q And which specific types of food, if any, are you eating more of as a result of the crisis..?
| Less | More | Net Change | |
| % | % | 177% | |
| Beef | 17 | 2 | -15 |
| Lamb | 14 | 2 | -12 |
| Pork | 13 | 3 | -10 |
| Chicken | 4 | 18 | +14 |
| Fish | 2 | 18 | +16 |
| Salmon/Trout | 3 | 7 | +4 |
| Vegetarian | 2 | 13 | +11 |
| OTHER | 3 | 4 | +1 |
| None | 72 | 65 | |
| Don't Know | 1 | * | |
| (Beef + Lamb + Pork) | (22) | (5) | -17 |
| (Fish + Salmon/Trout) | (4) | (19) | +15 |
