Safety and authenticity risks in heritage food preparation at different types of food service establishments: A case study of Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT: In Saudi Arabia, tourism is becoming increasingly popular, and forms an essential element of Vision 2030. Accordingly, food service establishments (FSEs) including hotels, ordinary restaurants, heritage restaurants and productive families (i.e., home-based catering) provide heritage cuisine to tourists. This study aimed to assess the authenticity and safety risks associated with the production of heritage food dishes in different FSEs. An online questionnaire was administered in Saudi Arabia, and a total of 85 culinary professionals from different FSEs responded. The culinary professionals were requested to provide opinions on the frequency of food safety and authenticity risk situations at their FSEs, using a five-point Likert scale. The results indicate that most food safety risk situati

SUBMITTER: Almansouri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9922917 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature