Abstract
<p><em>Nowadays, food safety and quality have a key role in maintaining the health of consumer, as the ultimate link in the food chain. Foodborne diseases can be a problem for every individual, but are particularly important to children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals. Although food hygiene experts widely accept many cases of foodborne disease occur as a result of improper food handling and preparation by consumers, the consumers themselves are still not aware of this fact. Correct personal hygiene measures are a well known step facilitating reductions in the risk of these diseases. However, actual implementation of personal hygiene and sanitation behaviors at home remains insufficient. The aim of many studies is to assess consumers’ knowledge of food security and to determine whether that knowledge is applied in practice. Such information can be of great help to professionals who deal with education of consumers about food safety, should help promote the principle among consumers that they themselves have a critical role in reducing the risk of foodborne disease.</em></p>
Highlights
Healthy living as a concept developed in the mid 20th century, and as a term, is mentioned in the encyclopedic dictionary by Larousse
Such information can be of great help to professionals who deal with education of consumers about food safety, should help promote the principle among consumers that they themselves have a critical role in reducing the risk of foodborne disease
Continuous effort is required in the development and implementation of strategies for consumer education related to food safety in order to improve specific behaviors that contribute to reducing the incidence of foodborne disease (Redmond, 2002)
Summary
Jelena Janjić1, Jelena Ćirić1*, Marija Bošković1, Danijela Šarčević2, Milka Popović3 & Milan Ž. Baltić1 1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Republic of Serbia 2 Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology, Kacanskog 13, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia 3 Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia * Jelena Ćirić, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Republic of Serbia Accepted: December 7, 2017 Online Published: December 14, 2017 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/ra.v3n1p1
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