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- Title
Does Food Safety Training for Non-Profit Food Service Volunteers Improve Food Safety Knowledge and Behavior?
- Authors
Smith, Lauren; Sirsat, Sujata A.; Neal, Jack A.
- Abstract
This pilot study demonstrates the effectiveness of food safety training in improving volunteers' knowledge and behavior at the Ronald McDonald House in Houston, Texas. Thirtyfour volunteers participated in a pre-training evaluation, followed by a food safety training course and a posttest evaluation two months after the course. The three main areas of knowledge and behavior that were evaluated were cross contamination (proper food handling); time and temperature (proper heating and cooling times and thermometer use); and personal hygiene (hand washing). Overall, scores improved in the volunteer's food handling behaviors at both home and at the Ronald McDonald House. In addition, the volunteers reported that their behaviors at the Ronald McDonald House were significantly (P < 0.05) better than their food handling behaviors at home. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first food safety-related research performed at the Ronald McDonald House. The overall goal is to use the results of this study to enhance food safety practices among the volunteers throughout this international organization.
- Subjects
FOOD industry sanitation; FOOD safety; TRAINING of volunteers; RONALD McDonald House Charities of Central Florida Inc.; HYGIENE -- Social aspects; FOOD handling; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.)
- Publication
Food Protection Trends, 2014, Vol 34, Issue 3, p156
- ISSN
1541-9576
- Publication type
Article