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.

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 eThekwini District, South Africa.

Participants

A convenience sampling-based cross-sectional survey of food handlers (n=252) served as the study's main source of data. A total of eight study sites across five municipal planning regions of eThekwini District were visited. The principal investigator administered the validated structured standardised questionnaire, using participants' language of choice, which was either English or isiZulu. All the questions in the questionnaire were asked in exactly the same manner, followin

SUBMITTER: Makhunga SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10151870 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature