Development and Piloting of a Food Safety Audit Tool for the Domestic Environment.

ABSTRACT: Research suggests that consumers often mishandle food in the home based on survey and observation studies. There is a need for a standardized tool for researchers to objectively evaluate the prevalence and identify the nature of food safety risks in the domestic environment. An audit tool was developed to measure compliance with recommended sanitation, refrigeration and food storage conditions in the domestic kitchen. The tool was piloted by four researchers who independently completed the inspection in 22 homes. Audit tool questions were evaluated for reliability using the κ statistic. Questions that were not sufficiently reliable (κ < 0.5) or did not provide direct evidence of risk were revised or eliminated from the final tool. Piloting the audit tool found good reliability among 18 que

SUBMITTER: Borrusso P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5302284 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature