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Food safety knowledge, attitude and practices of food handlers at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka.
… collected from both facilities from table tops, food preparation table, sink washing area, cutlery and effluent discharge point. Probable Staphylococcusisolates were identified biochemicallywith 39 isolates being confirmed asS. aureus. The confirmed thirty nine (39) S. aureus isolateswere then …
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Food safety knowledge, attitude and practices of food handlers at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka.
… collected from both facilities from table tops, food preparation table, sink washing area, cutlery and effluent discharge point. Probable Staphylococcusisolates were identified biochemicallywith 39 isolates being confirmed asS. aureus. The confirmed thirty nine (39) S. aureus isolateswere then …
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FOOD HANDLING PERCEPTIONS, PRACTICES, KNOWLEDGE AND BARRIERS IN NATIVE AMERICAN PRIMARY FOOD HANDLERS OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN NEW MEXICO
<p>Food borne illness among Native American populations exceeds that of majority populations. Due to the unique cultural diversity in New Mexico, these inequities are even greater. Attitudes and behaviors towards food are influenced by social and cultural contexts, yet, there has been limited …
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Determination of Hygienic Practice and Status of Food Handlers in Catering Premises: A Case Study of Ilala Municipal Council
This study assessed the adherence to food handlers hygienic practice in relation to Microbial prevalence in catering premises at Ilala Municipal Council. The magnitude of the problem in the study area is estimated to be significantly high due to nature of the city. Two hundred and six individuals …
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Assessment of the food safety knowledge, attitudes and handling practices among food handlers in hospital facilities of Mufulira district, Zambia.
… of harmful bacteria, individuals who handle food must adhere to strict guidelines, including maintaining proper hygiene and following established food handling practices, particularly when preparing large quantities of food. Food handlers in the hospitals of Mufulira District play a vital …
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The Impact of the Food Safety Training Program on Food Handlers in the Food Service Industry: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective
… the United States (U.S.), approximately 61% of food-borne illness outbreaks were attributed to employees’ personal hygiene and improper food handling by employees in the foodservice industry. Although training and preventive actions have been carried out, they appear to be less effective when …
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Avaliação da incidência de enteroparasitos em crianças e manipuladores de alimentos no centro de referência em educação infantil.
… of children and even lead to death. The other food handlers play a role significant in the transmission of intestinal parasites. In this context, the following objectives were defined: To investigate the occurrence of intestinal parasites in children and food handlers at the Reference Center …
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Assessment of Educational Needs and Current Practices of Front-line Grocery Employees in the Deli and Bakery
… and prepare an increasing amount of ready-to-eat foods. This increases the need for a detailed, effective food safety training program in retail grocery establishments to prevent food borne illness. This research examines food safety knowledge, training preferences, needs, and current practices of …
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Food Safety Education Challenges and Opportunities in Virginia's Food Recovery Organizations
… an estimated 11.1% of households experiencing food insecurity in the U.S. in 2018, meaning that they did not have the adequate resources to access safe, nutritious food at some point in the year. In order to support people experiencing food insecurity and related-hunger, national organizations, …
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Development and Evaluation of Food Safety Signs
Food borne disease continues to be a significant public health concern. The increasing awareness of food borne illness intensifies the need for proper food safety education among food handlers. The objectives of this study were to develop bilingual (English/Spanish) food safety signs, to determine …
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Pesquisa de parasitas intestinais em crianças e manipuladores de alimentos da creche Lyndemberg Vieira, João Pessoa - Paraíba.
… investigate intestinal parasites in children and food handlers, determine the frequency of intestinal parasites, as well as knowing the conditions of personal hygiene and health education of the community participating in the study and ultimately promote prevention in a nursery in the city of João …
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Self-reported food safety behaviors in independent ethnic restaurants: an application of the Social Cognitive Theory
Ethnic foods have gained in popularity and have become mainstream in the diet of most Americans. However, researchers have noted that ethnic food, specifically food served in ethnic restaurants, has been associated with foodborne outbreaks. Little has been done using the Social Cognitive Theory to …
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Preliminary Validation of a Native American Food Safety Knowledge Survey
… of this study was to develop and validate a food safety knowledge survey culturally appropriate for Native American Populations. A reiterative three-phased approach (survey generation and item construction, survey item review, and statistical item analysis) to survey validation was employed …
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Analysis of food safety and food handling knowledge among street food vendors in selected local food markets in Windhoek
Contaminated food leads to foodborne disease outbreaks (FDO) that cause millions of deaths among people every year. In Namibia, many low and middle-income consumers use street-vended foods (SVF) with compromised quality of raw materials, degraded handling and storage conditions that do not meet …
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Ocorrência de enteroparasitos em manipuladores de alimentos das cantinas da Universidade Federal da Paraíba/Campus I.
… occurs through water and contaminated foods by protozoa as well as helminthes, thus food h andlers play an important role in the contamination process. This work has as a goal to investigate the occurence of enteroparasites in handlers, working in shops situated at Federal University of …
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A Survey of the Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites and Associated Risk Factors in Children in a Rural City of the Dominican Republic
… education of schools, child care providers, food handlers, and agricultural workers. A special effort must be made to reach out to immigrants and those not part of the public education system and to address microbial water quality.
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Safe Food Handling Knowledge and Practices of Street Food Vendors at Louis Trichardt Makhado Local Municipality, South Africa
Street-food vendors are an important component of the food supply chain; however, they have been implicated in the spreading of foodborne diseases. Street food often poses a risk to the health of consumers as they are prepared and sold in unhygienic conditions that bring about microbial and …
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The effect of school feeding programmes in addressing food insecurity in the Mutale Municipality of Vhembe District, Limpopo Province in South Africa
… of the school feeding programmes in addressing food insecurity in Mutale Municipality of Vhembe District, Limpopo Province. The study placed school feeding programmes within the wider context of social assistance and a component for securing food for the wellbeing of Mutale rural inhabitants. …
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Food safety management practices in the traditional fish processing sector in Ghana and the microbiological safety of selected processed fish products from Ghana
… contribute significantly to protein nutriture, food security, livelihoods and the economy in West Africa. Food safety of processed fish products however remains an important concern. The purpose of this study was to investigate the safety of traditionally processed fish from Ghana. …
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Prevalencia de patógenos y factores relacionados en manipuladores de alimentos de la región del Sumapaz, Cundinamarca, 2016-2017
Introducción Las personas que trabajan en la producción de alimentos son potenciales transportadores y difusores de patógenos tales como las bacterias, virus, parásitos o cualquier otro agente que pueda producir enfermedad. Comúnmente, una persona infectada elimina en su materia fecal entre 100 a …