Vol. 7, Issue 5 (2019)
Refrigerated food safety awareness and attitude in relation to food borne disease incidences
Author(s): Shweta Madhwal and Sonika Sharma
Abstract: The aim of the present study is to determine awareness and attitude regarding food safety among urban households of Ludhiana district, Punjab. Results revealed that middle age group from (35-45 years), mostly males, with joint families, belonging to service class, mainly postgraduates and above and having family income more than 10 lakhs were found to have good food safety awareness scores. Results also revealed that female respondents had better attitude pertaining to food safety as compared to male respondents. A better attitude towards food safety was found in the respondents who were in middle aged group (35-45 years), from the joint families, belonged to both (business and service) class and having annual family income of more than 10 lakhs. Higher the education qualification better was the attitude of respondents so it clearly reflects that post graduates and graduates were found to have better attitudes towards food safety. Food safety awareness were significantly negatively correlated (p<0.01) with the food borne disease incidences. The incidences of food borne disease were also negatively correlated with attitude of respondents towards food safety, though which was found to be non-significant.
Practical applications: Homemakers in their homes rarely considered their own food safety practices as hazards. And as such no specific regulations were followed during the preparation, handling and storage of food at home. Therefore there is a need of effective risk communication to educate consumers/ homemakers of the possible health risks of food borne diseases and encourage safer food handling, preparation and storage practices at home is probably the best way to ensure food safety at the consumer end of the food chain.
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Shweta Madhwal, Sonika Sharma. Refrigerated food safety awareness and attitude in relation to food borne disease incidences. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(5):262-270.
