July Johannes Sibanyoni|Papiso A. Tshabalala|Frederick Tawi Tabit
Food safety knowledge and awareness of food handlers in school feeding programmes in Mpumalanga, South Africa
University of South Africa|Pioneer (United States)|University of South Africa|Pioneer (United States)
food handlers working school feeding programmes play important role prevention outbreaks foodborne diseases schools research aims investigate food safety knowledge awareness food handlers working national school nutrition programme nsnp mpumalanga south africa crosssectional quantitative research method used food handlers interviewed using structured questionnaire total 440 food handlers 147 randomly selected public schools participated survey vast majority 989 respondents females 36 years older high school education 914 nsnp food preparation facilities hazard analysis critical control points haccp programme place 932 food handlers know haccp 60 food handlers know correct procedure washing cutting board used addition 955 food handlers never sanitized utensils cutting surfaces cutting raw meat food handlers nsnp lacking knowledge awareness attitude many important aspects microbial food safety hazards