Cross sectional study on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers in Lahore district, Pakistan

Annually, millions of the people suffer from foodborne diseases which are mainly associated with poor food handling practices. The poor food safety knowledge and practices increase the risk of food contamination and foodborne diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between d...

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Autores principales:	Muhammad Hashaam Ahmed, Ali Akbar, Muhammad Bilal Sadiq
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Food safety knowledge Food safety attitudes Food safety practices Food handlers Food safety legislation Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:23a58e36828b4645b9061f834f4ffbe52021-12-02T05:03:08ZCross sectional study on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers in Lahore district, Pakistan2405-844010.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08420https://doaj.org/article/23a58e36828b4645b9061f834f4ffbe52021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021025238https://doaj.org/toc/2405-8440Annually, millions of the people suffer from foodborne diseases which are mainly associated with poor food handling practices. The poor food safety knowledge and practices increase the risk of food contamination and foodborne diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between demographic attributes and food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of food handlers (chefs and servers) working in small-scale restaurants, hotels and eateries in Lahore, Pakistan. A structured questionnaire including questions related to demographic characteristics and food safety KAP attributes of food handlers (n = 202) was used to collect the responses. The responses of food handlers were statistically analyzed using Spearman Correlation and Chi-Square tests. The results showed that a large proportion of food handlers had good attitudes towards food safety and followed good food safety practices (FSP) but had poor food safety knowledge (FSK). Demographic characteristics of food handlers i.e. level of education, professional category, current job tenure, and total food service industry experience were significantly (p < 0.05) associated with FSK, FSA, and FSP. FSK was found to be moderate to strongly correlated with FSP of food handlers (rs = 0.675), whereas FSA was found to be strongly correlated with FSP (rs = 0.733). The study highlighted the importance and impact of food safety knowledge on food safety practices and overall perspective of food handlers working in restaurants.Muhammad Hashaam AhmedAli AkbarMuhammad Bilal SadiqElsevierarticleFood safety knowledgeFood safety attitudesFood safety practicesFood handlersFood safety legislationScience (General)Q1-390Social sciences (General)H1-99ENHeliyon, Vol 7, Iss 11, Pp e08420- (2021)
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topic	Food safety knowledge Food safety attitudes Food safety practices Food handlers Food safety legislation Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99
spellingShingle	Food safety knowledge Food safety attitudes Food safety practices Food handlers Food safety legislation Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99 Muhammad Hashaam Ahmed Ali Akbar Muhammad Bilal Sadiq Cross sectional study on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers in Lahore district, Pakistan
description	Annually, millions of the people suffer from foodborne diseases which are mainly associated with poor food handling practices. The poor food safety knowledge and practices increase the risk of food contamination and foodborne diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between demographic attributes and food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of food handlers (chefs and servers) working in small-scale restaurants, hotels and eateries in Lahore, Pakistan. A structured questionnaire including questions related to demographic characteristics and food safety KAP attributes of food handlers (n = 202) was used to collect the responses. The responses of food handlers were statistically analyzed using Spearman Correlation and Chi-Square tests. The results showed that a large proportion of food handlers had good attitudes towards food safety and followed good food safety practices (FSP) but had poor food safety knowledge (FSK). Demographic characteristics of food handlers i.e. level of education, professional category, current job tenure, and total food service industry experience were significantly (p < 0.05) associated with FSK, FSA, and FSP. FSK was found to be moderate to strongly correlated with FSP of food handlers (rs = 0.675), whereas FSA was found to be strongly correlated with FSP (rs = 0.733). The study highlighted the importance and impact of food safety knowledge on food safety practices and overall perspective of food handlers working in restaurants.
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author	Muhammad Hashaam Ahmed Ali Akbar Muhammad Bilal Sadiq
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title	Cross sectional study on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers in Lahore district, Pakistan
title_short	Cross sectional study on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers in Lahore district, Pakistan
title_full	Cross sectional study on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers in Lahore district, Pakistan
title_fullStr	Cross sectional study on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers in Lahore district, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed	Cross sectional study on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers in Lahore district, Pakistan
title_sort	cross sectional study on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers in lahore district, pakistan
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
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Cross sectional study on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers in Lahore district, Pakistan

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