Evaluating Food Safety Knowledge and Practices among Foodservice Staff in Al Madinah Hospitals, Saudi Arabia

Alqurashi, Nada Ahmad; Priyadarshini, Anushree; Jaiswal, Amit K.

doi:10.3390/safety5010009

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“…This finding is consistent with the studies conducted by Abdul-Mutalib et al. (2012) , Alqurashi et al. (2019) , Farrish et al.…”

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Food safety practices of food handlers at home engaged in online food businesses during COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines

Limon

2021

Current Research in Food Science

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This study was conducted to assess the self-reported and observed food safety practices (FSP) of food handlers, who deliver food products that are prepared and cooked at home during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. 751 participated in the online survey who were selected using criterion sampling. A questionnaire developed by the researcher was used to gather data with Cronbach Alpha of 0.91. t -test, ANOVA, and Fleiss kappa were performed to treat data. There were no significant differences between self-reported FSP in four dimensions and demographic characteristics, except for age, where a significant difference exists between the FSP of the four age groups along food preparation ( F = 4.530 , <0.01). The FSP in the four dimensions obtained a weighted and σ of 1.72 ± 0.69 which is interpreted as Sometimes Practiced . The food handlers at home inadequately and inappropriately practiced the protocols in keeping the food safe to eat. The observed reports showed that the food handlers at home do not meet food safety standards as indicated in the weighted and σ in the four dimensions 1.63 ± 0.11, with a description of Sometimes Practiced . Observed practices further show very poor adherence to guidelines. Test for inter-rater reliability yielded almost perfect agreement (κ = 0.81, <0.05). There exists a significant difference with the FSP in personal hygiene ( t = 0.964, <0.05), cross-contamination prevention and sanitation ( t = 0.815, <0.05), food preparation ( t = 0.753, <0.05), and food delivery ( t = 0.794, <0.05). Government and non-government agencies should work together towards educating the food handlers at home on effective ways to learn about food safety concepts so they could become advocates of safer food practices.

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“…This finding is consistent with the studies conducted by Abdul-Mutalib et al. (2012) , Alqurashi et al. (2019) , Farrish et al.…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 94%

Food safety practices of food handlers at home engaged in online food businesses during COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines

Limon

2021

Current Research in Food Science

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“…(2012) , age and experience did not seem to have significant effects on the findings. There are also some studies that have found no significant association of gender and marital status with food safety knowledge of food handlers ( Taha et al., 2020 ; Alqurashi et al., 2019 ; Carbas et al., 2013 ; Gruenfeldova et al., 2019 ; Kunadu et al., 2016 ).…”

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Evaluation of food safety knowledge, attitude, and self-reported practices of trained and newly recruited untrained workers of two baking industries in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Jubayer

Kayshar

Hossain

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In Bangladesh, with the mounting esteem of bakery products, food safety issues in bakery industries are a paramount concern nowadays. In this regard, this current study was performed to evaluate food safety knowledge, attitude, and self-reported practices of two groups (160 trained and 55 new untrained) of workers from two popular baking industries in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A self-administrated questionnaire was used to acquire the data during the study. On food safety knowledge, attitude, and self-reported practices, trained workers' scores (33.01 ± 0.09, 14.86 ± 0.03, 10.66 ± 0.25, respectively) were significantly higher than the scores (9.82 ± 0.23, 10.44 ± 0.26, 5.91 ± 0.33, respectively) of newly appointed untrained workers. The quality assurance department displayed better knowledge, attitude, and self-reported practices scores than the rest of the departments of the industries. However, compared to knowledge and attitude, the self-reported practice was not up to a satisfactory level. According to the study, training can be proved effective for improving knowledge and attitude but does not always translate those into self-reported practice and behaviors. The results also reinforce the importance of conducting training for untrained workers and suggest further behavior-based food safety training for all employees.

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“…1132 practice based on difference in gender in some previous studies. 6,[43][44][45][46][47] This might be due to other factors such as educational status and work role which could predict the food safety practice better than gender.…”

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<p>Food Hygiene Practice and Its Determinants Among Food Handlers at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019</p>

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Abuhay²,

Kindie³

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Evaluating Food Safety Knowledge and Practices among Foodservice Staff in Al Madinah Hospitals, Saudi Arabia

Cited by 46 publications

References 42 publications

Food safety practices of food handlers at home engaged in online food businesses during COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines

Food safety practices of food handlers at home engaged in online food businesses during COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines

Evaluation of food safety knowledge, attitude, and self-reported practices of trained and newly recruited untrained workers of two baking industries in Dhaka, Bangladesh

<p>Food Hygiene Practice and Its Determinants Among Food Handlers at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019</p>

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