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Madilo FK, Letsyo E, Klutse CM. A cross-sectional study on food safety knowledge and practices among food handlers in tertiary and second circle institutions in Ho municipality, Ghana. Food Sci Nutr 2022; 11:778-793. [PMID: 36789064 PMCID: PMC9922123 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.3113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In recent years, incidences of food poisoning have been reported in some schools across the country. However, little attention has been paid to the hygiene practices of food vendors in the schools. This study, therefore, investigates the food safety knowledge and practices of food vendors catering for tertiary and second cycle students in the Ho municipality. The piloted and validated questionnaire used to sample 608 respondents revealed that the majority of the respondents sampled were female (76.0%), between the ages of 26 and 40 (51%), married (47.4%), and have tertiary or senior high school certificate (60.7%). They have been in business for not more than 2 years (36.2%) and had neither food safety (62.3%) nor good manufacturing practice (81.9%) training. However, they have sufficient knowledge in food safety regarding purchasing, storage, cooking and reheating, and personal hygiene, but exhibited poor knowledge and practice of food temperature control protocols. Both Kendall's tau-b coefficient correlation and linear regression model revealed a significant positive correlation between food safety knowledge and practices of the vendors. Nevertheless, regular training and monitoring are necessary to enable the vendors to fully implement the food temperature control protocols, which is one of the major causes of food poisoning in the country.
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- Department of Food Science and TechnologyHo Technical UniversityHoGhana
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Volunteer Food Handlers’ Safety Knowledge and Practices in Implementing National School Nutrition Programme in Gauteng North District, South Africa. SAFETY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/safety8040067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Volunteer food handlers (VFHs) working in school feeding programmes contribute immensely to the safety of food served to the school learners. However, their level of knowledge and practice of safe food handling is questionable. This study investigated food safety knowledge and practices of VFHs working for the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) in Gauteng North District, South Africa. This was a descriptive quantitative study in which data were obtained using a standard structured questionnaire. A total of 115 VFHs participated in the study. Most of the VFHs (n = 84, 73.0%) had secondary education with working experience of between 1 to 12 months. Although a high level of knowledge on food safety was demonstrated by the VFHs, this did not fully translate into safe food handling practices. The new VFH recruits were 66% more likely to wear protective clothing than the rest (OR: 0.34, 95%CI: 0.12–0.91, p = 0.033). Women were 90% more likely to wear aprons than men (OR = 0.11; 95 CI: 0.03–0.45; p = 0.002). In this study, VFHs demonstrated adequate levels of knowledge on food safety. Lack of facilities contributed to VFH non-compliance to safe food handling practices. Thus, there is a need to further support VFHs to comply with recommended safe food handling practices.
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Reynolds J, Jeong H, Nam CS. School foodservice directors' national training practices. J Food Saf 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/jfs.13010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Joel Reynolds
- School of Hospitality Leadership DePaul University Chicago Illinois USA
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- Human Systems Engineering, The Polytechnic School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Arizona State University Mesa Arizona USA
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- North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina USA
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Madilo FK, Kunadu APH, Tano-Debrah K, Mensah GI, Saalia KF, Kolanisi U. Process and Product Characterization of Aliha, A Maize-Based Ghanaian Indigenous Fermented Beverage. J FOOD QUALITY 2022; 2022:1-16. [DOI: 10.1155/2022/5604342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
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Aliha is a maize-based traditional fermented beverage prepared and consumed in Ghana, predominantly in the Volta Region and other parts of Ghana. The study sought to characterize the production processes, the nutritional values, and microbial composition of aliha. A total of 126 aliha producers in the Volta, Greater Accra, and Ashanti Regions were sampled using snowballing to identify and to recruit the producers for the study, using a pretested self-administered questionnaire. The physicochemical and microbial composition were carried out using standard methods. Four different production techniques were identified across the production sites. The variations identified during the production existed across the production chain. The main ingredients used for aliha production are corn, caramel, sugar, and water. However, aliha produced by the ‘original’ method (DN2) presented the best nutritional values (proteins, energy, and calcium), followed by backslopping techniques, AG1 (total carbohydrates and ash), and AG2 (fats and oils and phosphorus). Fungi and Enterobacteriaceae dominated the initial fermentation stages (24 h) with low acid values. However, as the fermentation time increased from 24 h to 72 h, the acid contents of the fermenting beverage increased sharply leading to a drastic reduction of fungi and Enterobacteriaceae contents with increasing records of lactic acid bacterial counts. Even though DN2 presented the best nutritional values, it was highly contaminated. Hence, the producers must be encouraged to use backslopping techniques for safety and to shorten the duration of production.
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- Felix Kwashie Madilo
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Ho Technical University, Volta Region, Ho, Ghana
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Greater Accra Region, Legon Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Greater Accra Region, Legon Accra, Ghana
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- Bateriology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Greater Accra Region, Legon Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Greater Accra Region, Legon Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Consumer Science, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Zululand, Richards Bay, South Africa
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Madilo FK, Letsyo E, Oppong BA, Buachi YB, Klutse CM, Parry-Hanson Kunadu A. Assessing Producers’ Knowledge in Good Manufacturing Practices during the Production of a Traditionally Fermented Food (Ga Kenkey) in the Ho Municipality, Ghana. J FOOD QUALITY 2022; 2022:1-9. [DOI: 10.1155/2022/8462337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
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Good manufacturing practice (GMP) is the primary sanitary and processing requirement necessary to ensure the production of safe foods. It ensures that the production facilities and processes have the necessary conditions to prevent potential hazards from contaminating foods. However, little is known about its application in the production of a traditionally fermented and well-patronized food like the Ga kenkey. This study was therefore designed to evaluate the knowledge and practices of Ga kenkey producers in GMPs. A self-administered questionnaire was prepared and used to recruit 42 Ga kenkey producers using convenient sampling techniques. Out of the 42 producers, 83.3% were females, between 18 and 33 years (61.9%) and single (42.9%), and have been in the business for about 0 to 5 years (69.1%). A significant number of producers had neither GMP, food safety nor HACCP training. The producers have inadequate knowledge of GMPs since majority of them do not use gloves and consider wearing them unnecessary. Even though the producers agreed that GMPs improve product qualities, the establishment of reputation, and customer satisfaction and identify problems within the production process, they however did not pay attention to any form of hazards during the production process. Therefore, since education, training, and experience had a significant (
) positive influence on the producers’ knowledge and practices, sufficient training in GMPs coupled with regular supervision should be provided to the producers for the hygienic and safe production of this commonly patronized food.
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Affiliation(s)
- Felix Kwashie Madilo
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Ho Technical University, Box HP 217,Volta Region, Ho, Ghana
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College of Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Greater Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Ho Technical University, Box HP 217,Volta Region, Ho, Ghana
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Ho Technical University, Box HP 217,Volta Region, Ho, Ghana
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Ho Technical University, Box HP 217,Volta Region, Ho, Ghana
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- Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Ho Technical University, Box HP 217,Volta Region, Ho, Ghana
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College of Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Greater Accra, Ghana
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