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- Title
Food Safety Training Is Associated with Improved Knowledge and Behaviours among Foodservice Establishments' Workers.
- Authors
Adesokan, Hezekiah Kehinde; Akinseye, Victor Oluwatoyin; Adesokan, Grace Abiodun
- Abstract
Though several studies have evaluated the association between food safety training and behavior, little has investigated different training components in association with food handlers' performance. Foodservice workers (N = 211) with at least two years' experience were willing to participate and were selected from major foodservice establishments in Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria, and completed a survey to evaluate the association between training, training area, duration, and refresher training and food safety knowledge and practices. We observed an association between training and knowledge (P = 0.000) as well as practices (P = 0.05) of food safety while different training areas contributed similarly to food handlers' knowledge (P = 0.17) and practices (P = 0.08). However, there was a significant decline in knowledge (P = 0.01) and practices (P = 0.001) with an increase in training duration. Furthermore, foodservice employees with refresher training demonstrated significantly higher knowledge (P = 0.000) and practice (P = 0.003) levels than those without, being about 45 and 14 times more likely to, respectively, improve their knowledge (OR = 45; 95%CI: 3.47-584.34) and practice (OR= 13.5; 95%CI: 2.01-90.69). Researchers should always consider varying training components before making assertions regarding effectiveness of training on foodservice workers' behaviour.
- Subjects
FOOD safety; TRAINING of food service employees; FOOD handling; PERFORMANCE evaluation; FOOD science
- Publication
International Journal of Food Science, 2015, p1
- ISSN
2356-7015
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2015/328761