Kitchen layouts and consumers' food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versus safety.

ABSTRACT: Our paper emphasizes the importance of the kitchen layout in facilitating consumers' food hygiene practices. A significant correlation was found between the sink placement (inside or outside the kitchen) and hygienic practices during food handling based on a survey performed on consumers from ten European countries, indicating that those who had the sink in the kitchen were more likely to perform proper hygiene practices than those who have not. The self-reported practices were supported by observed practices in 64 households from five European countries. The observational study combined with the examination of kitchen layouts revealed that the kitchen work triangle with its apexes represented by the kitchen sink, cooking stove and refrigerator, which is recommended for ergonomic reasons b

SUBMITTER: Mihalache OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8474550 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature