Abstract
The aim of the study is to analyse food safety and hygiene practices among food vendors in Egbeda local government area of Oyo state. Well-structured questionnaire was used with an interview schedule to obtain relevant information from 120 respondents. The respondents were selected through purposive sampling technique. The data for this study were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics that were used include frequency counts, percentage, mean. The inferential statistics include Pearson product moment correlation (PPMC).The results that 80% of the respondents were female with mean years of 37. Also their highest literacy level was secondary education. Majority (80%) are married with household size of 5 members, majority prepare ready to eat food, majority(57.5%) are experienced and above average(55.8%) had training in food service, majority of the respondent(95.8%) had personal savings as their major source of income and 55% of the respondents are Christians. The results showed that 66.7% of the respondents were involved in food trade as their primary occupation. The result also revealed that some of the selected socio-economic variables such as age(x=0.248**; p 16??/m:t>> 0.06), years of experience (x=0.349**;p 16??.000) > respectively exhibited significant relationship with the respondent knowledge of food safety and hygiene practices. It was recommended that food vendors should use personal protective equipment (like nose/face mask, apron) during food preparation, Government should provide water source (tap water) to solve the inadequacy of water supply faced by the respondents. The study concluded that majority had knowledge of food safety and hygiene and practice good food safety and hygiene. Keywords : food safety, Hygiene, Analysis, vendor DOI: 10.7176/FSQM/109-02 Publication date: June 30 th 2021
Highlights
Food safety has received much emphasis by agencies worldwide to the threat of contradicting food borne illnesses
As food trade expands throughout the world, food safety has become a shared concern across the globe, policies were made to address food safety issues to reduce risk and spread of food borne diseases (Unnevehr et al 2002).Food borne illnesses cover a wide range of diseases and are a growing public health concern which has caused morbidity and mortality worldwide
The study make use of both descriptive and inferential statistical tools. This being presented with the aid of frequency chart, mean and percentage table will be used to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the respondent while the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) analysis was used to determine the relationship between the knowledge of food safety and hygiene on food safety and hygiene practices
Summary
Food safety has received much emphasis by agencies worldwide to the threat of contradicting food borne illnesses. Food safety is receiving heightened attention worldwide as the important links between food and health are increasingly recognized. Food safety, according to Scallan et al (2011) are the conditions and measures that are necessary along the food production chain to ensure that it is safe and fit for consumption. Food is considered safe when it is free from chemical, biological and physical hazards that may result in illness or even death to the consumer, making food safety a concern as it poses risk to the population especially to the vulnerable groups such as infants, young children, elderly individuals and those with immunodeficiency disorder (Soon, Singh and Barns 2011). The measurement of the safety of foods has relied on evaluation of the microbiological quality of foods (Havelaar et al 2010)
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