Factors associated with meat hygiene-practices among meat-handlers in Metropolitan City of Kathmandu, Nepal.

ABSTRACT: Meat hygiene refers to all conditions and measures necessary to ensure safety and suitability of meat at all stages of the food chain. Inadequate hygiene practices allow consumers to be exposed to pathogens causing public health problems. Inadequate facilities and hygiene practices in meat shops results in meat contamination. The study aimed to identify factors associated with meat hygiene practices among meat handlers in the Metropolitan City of Kathmandu, Nepal. A cross-sectional study was designed with a semi-structured questionnaire and observation checklist that collected information about hygiene practices from 320 consenting meat-handlers by interviewer-administered technique. Data was entered in EpiData and analyzed using IBM SPSS version 21. Descriptive statistics of frequency dis

SUBMITTER: Bhandari R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021547 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature