Investigating the predictors of safe food handling among parents of young children in the USA
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108015
Abstract: Abstract Foodborne illness, or food poisoning, is a global health issue, affecting over 600 million people each year. Contrary to lay beliefs, the majority of food poisoning occurs as a result of improperly handling food… read more here.
Keywords: predictors safe; food handling; food; safe food ... See more keywords
Young adult food safety knowledge gaps and perceptions of roommates’ food handling practices: A survey of university students in Indiana
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108055
Abstract: Abstract A lack of safe food handling knowledge and practices can contribute to a higher risk of foodborne illnesses from meals prepared at home. Young adults, an important consumer group, can be at an increased… read more here.
Keywords: food handling; biology; food; knowledge ... See more keywords
Adopt proper food-handling intention: An application of the Health Belief Model
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108169
Abstract: Abstract Objective Consumers’ proper food-handling practices have been considered to prevent most foodborne diseases. The study is to apply the health belief model (HBM) to explain consumers’ proper food-handling intention and explore the indirect effects… read more here.
Keywords: intention; handling intention; health; food handling ... See more keywords
Improving safe food-handling practices by increasing self-efficacy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108361
Abstract: Abstract Worldwide, approximately one in ten people acquire a foodborne disease due to eating contaminated food. This often occurs at home and young adults in particular often lack knowledge of and adherence to safe food-handling… read more here.
Keywords: food handling; food; safe food; self efficacy ... See more keywords
Risk perceptions and food-handling practices in the home
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101939
Abstract: Abstract Unsafe food-handling practices in the home are linked with foodborne illnesses that represent sizable costs on the US healthcare industry and welfare losses to households. Past consumer food-safety education programs have only been modestly… read more here.
Keywords: handling practices; risk perceptions; food; food handling ... See more keywords
Food Handling Concerns and Practices Among Patients With Underlying Medical Conditions Associated With COVID-19 Severity
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DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab029_052
Abstract: Abstract Objectives Concerns about COVID-19 transmission have led to greater engagement in unsafe food handling practices (i.e., practices that can cause illness due to chemical or microbial contamination of food). Despite public awareness that certain… read more here.
Keywords: underlying medical; food handling; group; medical conditions ... See more keywords
Food handlers’ knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices regarding safe food handling in charitable food assistance programmes in the eThekwini District, South Africa: cross-sectional study
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065357
Abstract: Objective This study aimed to assess food handlers’ knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices towards safer donated foods. Design This cross-sectional study was conducted from January to May 2021. Setting This study was conducted in the… read more here.
Keywords: knowledge attitudes; food; food handlers; food handling ... See more keywords
Understanding Domestic Food Safety: An Investigation into Self-Reported Food Safety Practice and Associated Factors in Southern Ethiopian Households
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DOI: 10.1177/11786302221103881
Abstract: Background: According to available studies, 12%-20% of reported foodborne outbreaks start in the household. It is projected that 1 out of every 10 persons will become ill as a result of consuming tainted food. Poor… read more here.
Keywords: practice; food safety; food; food handling ... See more keywords
Food Handling Practices and Microbial Quality in Street Food
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DOI: 10.12691/jfnr-7-4-9
Abstract: The great relevance of evaluating the sanitary-hygienic conditions in the street food vending sites, as a means to identify risks and prevent food-originated diseases. In this paper, street food trades are analyzed in Vitoria, Espirito… read more here.
Keywords: food handling; handling practices; quality; food ... See more keywords
Manual dexterity of mice during food-handling involves the thumb and a set of fast basic movements
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226774
Abstract: The small first digit (D1) of the mouse’s hand resembles a volar pad, but its thumb-like anatomy suggests ethological importance for manipulating small objects. To explore this possibility, we recorded high-speed close-up video of mice… read more here.
Keywords: dexterity mice; food handling; manual dexterity; mice ... See more keywords
An Empirical Study of Food Safety, Food Handling, and Food Poisoning Awareness Among Foreign Students in Penang, Malaysia
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DOI: 10.18517/ijaseit.8.1.3731
Abstract: These foreign students are highly concerned with food safety and food handling knowledge as they are presumably involved in perilous eating behaviours, which exposes them to the risk of foodborne diseases. The present cross-sectional study… read more here.
Keywords: food safety; food handling; foreign students; safety food ... See more keywords