Behavior toward on-farm food safety: Commercial and exporter pistachio growers.

ABSTRACT: Consumers' demand for high-degree food safety obliges the producers to respect health principles and enhance their product quality in the manufacturing process. Food safety refers to the conditions and practices that preserve food quality in order to prevent contamination and foodborne illnesses. This study aimed to investigate farmers' behavior toward on-farm food safety in Iran. So a survey study was conducted on the research population composed of commercial and exporter pistachio growers in Iran of whom 120 were selected. This paper reports the results of this exploratory study to conceptualize the measurement of pistachio growers' farm food safety using the theory of planned behavior. Structural equation modeling (partial least squares) was used to draw the research models and the rel

SUBMITTER: Rezaei A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10122025 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature