Abstract
Street food is food obtained from a street side vendor, often from a makeshift or portable stall and it feeds millions of people daily with a wide variety of foods that are relatively cheap and easily accessible. Street food is intimately connected with take-out, junk food, snacks, and fast foods but it is not protected against insects, dust etc; which may harbor foodborne pathogens. Pathogens present in street vended foods come from different sources and practices, such as, improper food handling, improper waste disposal, contaminated water and improper storage temperature and reheating. Food borne illnesses are defined as diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food. Like other African and World countries there are many food vendors in Ethiopia where they sell both raw and cooked food items along the streets of different cities but it is far more unhygienic due to several reasons. So the objective of this review paper was to assess the existing research about street food safety, types, hygiene knowledge, and preparation and forward suggestion for stakeholders/policy makers to bridge the gap. Majority of street vended foods in Ethiopia are contaminated by bacteria like Salmonella, S aureus, E coli so the Government should intervene and solve the issue before it is too late.
Highlights
Street food is food obtained from a street side vendor, often from a makeshift or portable stall and it contribute significantly to the diet of many people in the developing world [1]
According to [4], the poor knowledge and improper food handling of street vendors in basic food safety measures and poor knowledge and awareness among consumers on the potential hazards associated with certain foods could explain the health and safety issues that street foods may pose
27 (75%) vendors did not practice hand washing while preparing and serving street foods, 29 (80.6%) of the vendors Wear of jewelry, all of the vendors handled money while serving food, (88.9%) of food handler recycles water for several times without replacement of clean equipment, most of the street food outlets were located near the road and some of them were near the municipal garbage bin for this reason only 11 (30.6%) of the vendors disposed
Summary
Journal NLM Abbreviation: J Biomed Res Environ Sci Journal Website Link: https://www.jelsciences.com. Journal ISSN: 2766-2276 Category: Multidisciplinary Subject Areas: Medicine Group, Biology Group, General, Environmental Sciences Topics Summation: 128 Issue Regularity: Monthly Review Process type: Double Blind Time to Publication: 7-14 Days Indexing catalog: Visit here. Based on a work at SciRes Literature LLC. Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences main aim is to enhance the importance of science and technology to the scientific community and to provide an equal opportunity to seek and share ideas to all our researchers and scientists without any barriers to develop their career and helping in their development of discovering the world
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
