Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices of restaurant food handlers in a lower-middle-income country.
Attitudes
food handler
food safety knowledge
practices
restaurant
Journal
Food science & nutrition
ISSN: 2048-7177
Titre abrégé: Food Sci Nutr
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101605473
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2020
Mar 2020
Historique:
received:
22
07
2019
revised:
13
01
2020
accepted:
17
01
2020
entrez:
18
3
2020
pubmed:
18
3
2020
medline:
18
3
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Global research attention appears to be focused predominantly on self-reported than observed food safety practices. The purpose of this study was to determine the food safety knowledge, attitudes, and self-reported and observed practices of food handlers in 22 urban restaurants in Zimbabwe. A piloted questionnaire was used to gather qualitative data regarding socio-demographic variables, food safety knowledge (FSK), attitudes, and self-reported food handling practices (SRFHPs). A predesigned checklist was used to observe the food handling practices. FSK scores were significantly higher in food handlers who received basic food safety training compared to those who did not (
Identifiants
pubmed: 32180975
doi: 10.1002/fsn3.1454
pii: FSN31454
pmc: PMC7063367
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1677-1687Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Food Science & Nutrition published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
All authors declare no conflicts of interest in this article.
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