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
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

1677-1687

Informations 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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Auteurs

France Ncube (F)

Department of Environmental Science Bindura University of Science Education Bindura Zimbabwe.

Artwell Kanda (A)

Department of Environmental Science Bindura University of Science Education Bindura Zimbabwe.

Morleen Chijokwe (M)

Department of Environmental Science Bindura University of Science Education Bindura Zimbabwe.

Goden Mabaya (G)

Department of Agricultural Economics, Education and Extension Bindura University of Science Education Bindura Zimbabwe.

Tendayi Nyamugure (T)

Department of Environmental Science Bindura University of Science Education Bindura Zimbabwe.

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