Food Safety and Hygiene Practices among Street Food Vendors in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

An Evaluation of the Hygiene Practices of Polish Street Food Vendors in Selected Food Trucks and Stands

“…Other authors also reported a relatively low percentage (14%) of street food vendors with high levels of compliance regarding sanitation [69]. Similar results of unhygienic food preparation both in food trucks and stands are shown by many other authors [7,19,28,43,45,53,64,[125][126][127]. It should be emphasized that a significant number of studies have been carried out in developing countries, where due to the lack of fresh water, limited space for food storage, poor handling of waste generated in technological processes, and a lack of appropriate hygiene of staff, food production takes place with little regard to hygiene for the majority of processes [7,40,41,48,58,63,64,105,115].…”

“…Trafiałek et al [54] report similar results. The reason for better hygienic conditions in Poland may be better general education of street food vendors than in developing countries, where only a small percentage of vendors have secondary education and the rest have primary or lower education [7,52,53,65,67,129]. However, some authors suggest that it is not the level of education, but rather training and licensing, that have the effect of increasing food safety knowledge and improving food handling practices [56].…”

Food safety, sanitation and hygiene practices among street food vendors in Pokhara, Kaski

“…The present study found that 65.7% covered their food which is in contrast with other studies which showed approximately 95% covering of food 8,10 whereas other studies revealed 39% to 55% covering of food. 7,13,14 In this study almost 79% wear jewellery while preparing food while in contrast Hill et al 14 found 21.6% use of jewellery and only 8.8% use of jewellery was identified in the study of Okojie et al 8 The present study showed 45.7 % of respondents have long nails, 10% have cut on their skin, 5.7% and 10% wear head covering and apron respectively.…”

“…8 The apron use ranges from 23% to 85% in different studies 8,9,11,12 whereas hair covering was in between 15% to 99%. 7,9,12,13 Seventy vending sites were exposed to flies in this study while the study of Musa et al The study design is cross-sectional has its inherent set of limitations. Sanitation and hygiene levels were recorded based on an observation checklist.…”

“…5,6 They do not give due to preference to cover their food items, no spoon was used to serve the food and without the use of head covering and apron. 7 In the context of Nepal, the market for street foods is booming and limited studies have been carried out regarding food safety and hygiene through its great impact on the health of the public. And hence, the researcher aimed to identify food safety and hygiene practices among street vendors in Pokhara to generate evidence for concerned authorities to establish appropriate public health intervention and legal regulation.…”