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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Smigic, Nada author Ozilgen, Sibel author Gómez-López, Vicente M. author Osés Gómez, Sandra María author Miloradovic, Zorana author Aleksic, Biljana author Miocinovic, Jelena author Smole Možina, Sonja author Kunčič, Ajda author Guiné, Raquel author Gonçalves, João Carlos author Trafialek, Joanna author Czarniecka-Skubina, Ewa author Goel, Gunjan author Blazic, Marijana author Herljevic, Dora author Nikolić, Aleksandra author Mujčinović, Alen author Djekic, Ilija author Djekic author 2023-06 Understanding consumers’ behavior and their handling of high-risk foods at home is essential for reducing the number of foodborne illnesses. This study shows the results of a cross-national analysis of consumers’ perception from nine countries, and the identification of customers’ clusters and its characteristics in order to understand customers’ behavior, and to build safe chilled ready-to-eat (RTE) foods prevention strategies. The cluster analysis resulted in two clusters: (1) “Precautious consumers” characterized by the orientation towards pre-packed RTE foods, with consumers mainly coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey. Their attitudes and self-reported practices may be categorized as less risky in terms of food-borne illnesses connected with the consumption of RTE foods; (2) “Unconcerned consumers” preferred cutting and slicing RTE foods freshly at the point of purchase, usually sold at the delicatessen department in a supermarket or at open markets. Those consumers mostly came from Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia and their attitudes and self-reported practices were riskier. These results allow a better understating of what characterizes consumers of RTE foods in different countries. 1661-5751 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9799 10.1007/s00003-023-01424-1 1661-5867 Consumers’ perception Chilled ready-to-eat foods Food handling Food safety Consumer attitudes and perceptions towards chilled ready-to-eat foods: a multi-national study