Public awareness and perception of Ghana’s restrictive policy on fatty meat, as well as preference and consumption of meat products among Ghanaian adults living in the Kumasi Metropolis

Table 6 Participants perception of the outcome, impact and long-term effects of the restriction

Question	Frequency	Percentage
What has been the outcome of the restriction?
No to little effect	89	23.6
Reduction on importation	14	3.7
Not sure	122	32.4
Caused unemployment for importers	16	4.2
People avoid fatty meat now	10	2.7
Local farmers are producing more	13	3.4
Reduced diseases/improved quality of life	73	19.4
Poor education about the ban	23	6.1
Unhygienic packaging of local meat	3	0.8
Expensive local meat/high cost of living	14	3.7
What do you think will be the longer-term effect of the restriction?
It will improve health, prevent disease and/or reduce death	138	59.4
No idea/no effect	43	11.4
Importation will reduce	16	4.2
Employment for local meat sellers	13	3.4
Unemployment for importers	15	4.0
Less tax revenue for government	2	0.5
Affect Ghana’s export business	1	0.3
Local meat will be expensive	8	2.1
Policy cannot be strictly enforced	19	5.1
Higher patronage of local meat	21	5.6
Higher cost of living	10	2.7

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