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DOI: FOOD HYGIENE AND HANDLING PRACTICE AMONGST FOODS VENDOR’S IN BORNO STATE
Dr Umar Mohammed Ali , Lecturer City University Cambodia Africa Campus, Cambodia Suleiman Shuaibu Musa , Msc Student National Open University Of Nigerian, Department Of Public Health, NigeriaAbstract
Food hygiene is a subject of great concern to anyone who cares about eating healthy and staying alive because the import of food borne illness can occasionally is grave.
This research work was carried out among food handlers in Borno State of Nigeria; it sought to assess the level of knowledge of food hygiene among food handlers, attitudes of food handlers towards hygiene, practice of food hygiene by food handlers, the nature and frequency of medical examination(s) the handlers undergo and to also to screen the food handlers to detect those who might be Harbouring salmonella species in their alimentary canal, an organisms that can cause food poisoning under favourable conditions. It was concluded that practice of food hygiene was fair and a lot of effort had to be put in the areas of medical examination of the food handlers and personal hygiene like hand washing and wearing of protective cover-clothing.
Keywords
Handling Practice, Food, Hygiene
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