Food-safety knowledge, attitudes and practices of street-vended food sellers in the city of Kontum, 2018

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices on food-safety of street-vended food sellers in the city of Kon Tum (2018) in order to provide scientific evidence as a basis for deverloping plan to ensure food safety of street food and to protect consumers’ health. Subjects of the study were 160 sellers in 160 street-food vendors. The cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2017 to June 2018. Information was collected through direct interviews and observations. The results showed that: The rate of street-vended food sellers who have (1) good knowledge on food-safety was of 64.4 %, (2) positive attitude was of 45.6 %, and (3) right practices was of 33.1 %. The factors affecting food-safety knowledge were the supervision and inspection of local authorities, and the reaction of sellers (P < 0.05). The factors related to food-safety attitudes were food-safety inspection activities, and food-safety knowledge of the sellers (P < 0.05). The factors affecting food-safety practices were the supervision and inspection of local authorities, and food-safety knowledge of the sellers (P < 0.05).