| Assessment of food safety practices of food service food handlers (risk assessment data): testing a communication intervention (evaluation of tools). | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 20537267 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Globally, foodborne illness affects an estimated 30% of individuals annually. Meals prepared outside of the home are a risk factor for acquiring foodborne illness and have been implicated in up to 70% of traced outbreaks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called on food safety communicators to design new methods and messages aimed at increasing food safety risk-reduction practices from farm to fork. Food safety infosheets, a novel communication tool designed to appeal to food handlers and compel behavior change, were evaluated. Food safety infosheets were provided weekly to food handlers in working food service operations for 7 weeks. It was hypothesized that through the posting of food safety infosheets in highly visible locations, such as kitchen work areas and hand washing stations, that safe food handling behaviors of food service staff could be positively influenced. Using video observation, food handlers (n = 47) in eight food service operations were observed for a total of 348 h (pre- and postintervention combined). After the food safety infosheets were introduced, food handlers demonstrated a significant increase (6.7%, P < 0.05, 95% confidence interval) in mean hand washing attempts, and a significant reduction in indirect cross-contamination events (19.6%, P < 0.05, 95% confidence interval). Results of the research demonstrate that posting food safety infosheets is an effective intervention tool that positively influences the food safety behaviors of food handlers. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Benjamin Chapman; Tiffany Eversley; Katie Fillion; Tanya Maclaurin; Douglas Powell |
Related Documents
:
|
9501347 - Hazard analysis and critical control point systems in the united states department of a... 23411317 - Effect of thermal heating on some lignans in flax seeds, sesame seeds and rye. 19699837 - Foodservice employees benefit from interventions targeting barriers to food safety. 23530777 - Effect of different fruit components, aeration and cold storage at 5°c on the germinat... 15645237 - Influences of the feeding ecology on body mass and possible implications for reproducti... 17372847 - Prevalence of arcobacter species in market-weight commercial turkeys. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Journal of food protection Volume: 73 ISSN: 0362-028X ISO Abbreviation: J. Food Prot. Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2010-06-11 Completed Date: 2010-07-08 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 7703944 Medline TA: J Food Prot Country: United States |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 1101-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1. benjamin_chapman@ncsu.edu |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Communication* Consumer Product Safety* Food Contamination / prevention & control* Food Handling / methods, standards* Food Services / manpower, standards* Handwashing Humans Hygiene Risk Assessment |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Riding in shopping carts and exposure to raw meat and poultry products: prevalence of, and factors a...
Next Document: An Evaluation of Improvements in Carcass Hygiene through the Use of Anal Plugging of Pig Carcasses P...