Hygiene practices among workers in local eateries of Orolu community in south Western Nigeria

Bamidele, James Olusegun; Adebimpe, WO; Oladele, Edward Adekola; Oa, Adeoye

doi:10.4103/2141-9248.160176

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“…Corresponding with our outcomes, a similar study conducted on the street food vendors in Vietnam revealed that vendors had poor food handling practices and operated foods under highly unhygienic conditions (Ngoc & Thanh, 2015). However, this was slightly incongruous with earlier studies in Malaysia (Rahman et al, 2016) and Nigeria (Bamidele et al, 2015) where respondents had above 15% of good hygiene practice. Also, the length of the selling training was not directly related to their knowledge of food safety practices.…”

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Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices of street food vendors in Jashore region, Bangladesh

Hossen¹,

Ferdaus²,

Hasan³

et al. 2021

Food Sci. Technol

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Most people now have their meals outside their homes and are vulnerable to illness caused by food. Unsafe food preparation and supply by vendors have made food safety a concern for public health. Jashore is a densely populated city, this study was designed to evaluate food safety knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of food vendors in Jashore region, Bangladesh. A randomized descriptive cross-sectional study on food safety KAP was conducted among 200 food vendors. Where 96% were male food vendors, 72.5% were smokers, and 63% were found to be overweight or obese. While 72.5% vendors had good knowledge of food safety, only 33% and 0.5% had good food safety attitude and practice, respectively. Among the socio-demographic factors investigated, only the level of education showed significant influence (p = 0.005 and 0.015) on the food safety knowledge and practice of the vendors. While handling food, over 90% vendors did not use any personal protective equipment, 4.5% had diarrhoea, 8.5% did not wash their hands after going to the toilet and 28.5% reused previous leftover oils. The data suggest that the overall food safety knowledge of suppliers in the Jashore region is good but their attitudes and practices need to be improved.

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Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices of street food vendors in Jashore region, Bangladesh

Hossen¹,

Ferdaus²,

Hasan³

et al. 2021

Food Sci. Technol

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“…This may have been due to the high literacy levels of the food vendors surveyed. This finding agrees with results from similar studies in Nigeria and other African countries 16,20,21 but is in contrast with studies carried out in Asian countries where knowledge of food hygiene among the food vendors was abysmally low. 22,23 Majority of the food vendors acquired their knowledge of food hygiene through workshops and seminars which contrasts with findings from other studies where mass media was the common source of information on food hygiene.…”

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“…10,11,16,17 However, the food vendors surveyed in Nairobi, Western and Northern Nigeria had no formal education. 15,[18][19][20] In this study more than half of the respondents had a good knowledge of food hygiene with a mean knowledge percentage score of 78%. This may have been due to the high literacy levels of the food vendors surveyed.…”

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of food hygiene among mobile food vendors in a Nigerian rural settlement

Aluh

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: An estimated 2.5 billion people patronize mobile food vendors worldwide. Most vendors however have little or no formal education, which makes them unable to appreciate the most critical food handling practices. Consumers have thus borne the consequences when food is unsafe. This study aims to determine the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Food hygiene amongst mobile food vendors in a rural settlementMethods:It was a cross-sectional descriptive survey among the study population which comprised of mobile food vendors in Orlu Local Government Area in Imo state, Nigeria. Semi-Structured questionnaires written in English were administered to mobile food vendors who could read. For low literates, the interview was conducted in their local dialect by a trained research assistantResults: Respondents were mainly females (94.1%, n = 192) and between the age of 31 and 40 years (40.2%, n = 82). More than half of the respondents had secondary school education (59.8%,n = 122).The mean percentage knowledge was 78%. Less than half (43.5%, n = 89) of the respondents had an appropriate attitude towards Food hygiene. There was a strong evidence of association (χ2 = 15.582; p = 0.0001) between Knowledge of food hygiene and attitudes towards food hygiene.Conclusions: Knowledge levels of food safety practices amongst street food vendors in this rural setting was high however, this high knowledge was generally not translated into practice.

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“…In our study, food handlers expressed positive attitude towards food hygiene. Similar studies showed that all participants agree that food handlers should be regularly medically examined (Iwu et al, 2017;Bamidele et al, 2015). It is very important that food safety training programs be implemented for food handlers working in the healthcare sector in Sudan, because education and training in hygienic practices may reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with FBDs in hospitals (Ansari and Khan, 2012).…”

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Food hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices among hospital food handlers in Elmanagil City, Sudan

Ahmed¹,

Mohamed²,

Dablool³

et al. 2020

Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.

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Food borne diseases (FBDs) can occur due to the health status of the food handlers. The present study aimed to assess food hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices among hospital food handlers of ElManagil City, Sudan. A cross-sectional study was administered to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices, in food hygiene among hospital food handlers through a questionnaire. The food handlers expressed a level of knowledge, attitude, and practice of 70.1, 63.81 and 74.40%, respectively. The food handlers lacked knowledge regarding the transmission of hepatitis A virus and the working of infected food handler. They demonstrated poor attitude regarding the continuous evaluation of their health status, as well as the importance of training courses in the prevention of food contamination. They exhibited a low practice rate regarding removing nail polish and covering the head while preparing food. Statistically significant differences were found when comparing the educational level with washing the utensils with a detergent, along with wearing gloves while working. It was concluded that the hospitals food handlers in ElManagil expressed moderate level of knowledge, positive attitude, and good practice in food hygiene. Generally, there is an urgent need to improve on food hygiene in health care systems in Sudan. Food hygiene training programs should be implemented among health care food handlers.

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Hygiene practices among workers in local eateries of Orolu community in south Western Nigeria

Cited by 14 publications

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Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices of street food vendors in Jashore region, Bangladesh

Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices of street food vendors in Jashore region, Bangladesh

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of food hygiene among mobile food vendors in a Nigerian rural settlement

Food hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices among hospital food handlers in Elmanagil City, Sudan

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