Temporary Food Handlers’ Compliance with Effective Food-Hygiene Practices

Saad, Mazni; Toh, Poh See; Adil, Mohamed Azam Mohamed

doi:10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.91

“…Poor practices are observable and often reflect a lack of knowledge of food hygiene. Jeinie, Nor, Saad, and Sharif (2017) and Saad, See, and Adil, (2018) observed poor practices among culinary students and temporary food handlers and was able to infer their low knowledge level of food hygiene from just their observation. In the same light, the absence of food safety behaviour in food establishments could discourage tourists from purchasing the food because of fear of possible food contamination that would lead to foodborne illnesses.…”

Section: Environmental Factorsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Enriching the International Tourist Experience of Local Malaysian Cuisine and a Guarantee of a Purchase Intention

Saad

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,

AbdulRahman

²

,

Umadi

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2019

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Gastronomy tourism contributes to about one-fifth of the Malaysian economy, indicating that people travel to the country are probably interested in experiencing the taste of the food. This study aims to identify the tourists’ experience as well as their purchase intention of local Malaysian food. The findings of 202 international tourists at Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur highlighted both the characteristics of local Malaysian food and environmental factors as significant influences in the tourists’ willingness to purchase and to savour local food again. Their potential return visit to the country will benefit the tourism industry and the country’s foreign exchange.Keywords: Environmental Factors; Gastronomy Tourism; Malaysian Local Food, Purchase IntentioneISSN 2398-4295 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v4i16.176

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“…The importance of knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) of migrant food handlers Food handlers' knowledge, skills, and attitudes are crucial in determining the food end-product (Gruenfeldova et al, 2019;Habiballah et al, 2018;Saad et al, 2018;Woh et al, 2017Woh et al, , 2016. Among issues that are being correlated to this group are their educational level, training inadequacy, language barrier, health status and qualification, which all could hinder the production of safe food with quality.…”

Section: The Research Model: Definition Of Key Concepts and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Likewise, low-skilled and less-than-healthy foreign workers, labour shortage, poor levels of food safety knowledge and the number of overstaying illegal foreigners have all raised concerns among locals (Bernama, 2016;Gruenfeldova et al, 2019;Saad et al, 2018;Woh et al, 2017). Based on the recent data from Malaysia's Ministry of Home Affairs Malaysia (MOHA) (2015), the majority of migrant labours employed are originated from Indonesia, followed by Nepal and other neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Pakistan, China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Laos.…”

Section: Empirical Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Migrant Food Handlers’ Impacts on Food Quality and Safety in Malaysia Food Service Industry

YUSOFF¹,

HAMEDANI²,

DELI³

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This study aims to empirically examine the migrant food handlers’ perceived knowledge, skills, and attitudes and their impact on food quality and safety in the context of Malaysia’s foodservice industry. Using the data gathered from 198 supervisors and managers from food premises in Malaysia and analysis using SPSS (version 20) and SmartPLS 3.0 software, this research found that migrant food handlers have moderate perceived knowledge, skills and attitudes in food handling practices impact the food quality and safety. Specifically, this study confirmed that knowledge and attitudes positively and significantly affect food quality and food safety. However, insignificant results were found between skills and food safety, even though it showed a substantial impact on food quality. The findings are original and unique. It is one of the first studies to investigate the knowledge, skills, and attitude of migrant food handlers their effect on food quality and food safety, especially in Malaysia. Besides, this study extends the established theories from the literature on knowledge, skills and attitudes analysing in the foodservice sector. Therefore, this research finding is valuable for food services practitioners to focus on enhancing food quality and safety through the migrant workforce.

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“…The importance of knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) of migrant food handlers Food handlers' knowledge, skills, and attitudes are crucial in determining the food end-product (Gruenfeldova et al, 2019;Habiballah et al, 2018;Saad et al, 2018;Woh et al, 2017Woh et al, , 2016. Among issues that are being correlated to this group are their educational level, training inadequacy, language barrier, health status and qualification, which all could hinder the production of safe food with quality.…”

Section: The Research Model: Definition Of Key Concepts and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Likewise, low-skilled and less-than-healthy foreign workers, labour shortage, poor levels of food safety knowledge and the number of overstaying illegal foreigners have all raised concerns among locals (Bernama, 2016;Gruenfeldova et al, 2019;Saad et al, 2018;Woh et al, 2017). Based on the recent data from Malaysia's Ministry of Home Affairs Malaysia (MOHA) (2015), the majority of migrant labours employed are originated from Indonesia, followed by Nepal and other neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Pakistan, China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Laos.…”

Section: Empirical Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Migrant Food Handlers’ Impacts on Food Quality and Safety in Malaysia Food Service Industry

YUSOFF¹,

HAMEDANI²,

DELI³

et al. 2022

IJEM

0

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study aims to empirically examine the migrant food handlers’ perceived knowledge, skills, and attitudes and their impact on food quality and safety in the context of Malaysia’s foodservice industry. Using the data gathered from 198 supervisors and managers from food premises in Malaysia and analysis using SPSS (version 20) and SmartPLS 3.0 software, this research found that migrant food handlers have moderate perceived knowledge, skills and attitudes in food handling practices impact the food quality and safety. Specifically, this study confirmed that knowledge and attitudes positively and significantly affect food quality and food safety. However, insignificant results were found between skills and food safety, even though it showed a substantial impact on food quality. The findings are original and unique. It is one of the first studies to investigate the knowledge, skills, and attitude of migrant food handlers their effect on food quality and food safety, especially in Malaysia. Besides, this study extends the established theories from the literature on knowledge, skills and attitudes analysing in the foodservice sector. Therefore, this research finding is valuable for food services practitioners to focus on enhancing food quality and safety through the migrant workforce.

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Temporary Food Handlers’ Compliance with Effective Food-Hygiene Practices

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Enriching the International Tourist Experience of Local Malaysian Cuisine and a Guarantee of a Purchase Intention

Enriching the International Tourist Experience of Local Malaysian Cuisine and a Guarantee of a Purchase Intention

Migrant Food Handlers’ Impacts on Food Quality and Safety in Malaysia Food Service Industry

Migrant Food Handlers’ Impacts on Food Quality and Safety in Malaysia Food Service Industry

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