ǂthe ǂresults of a nation-wide survey
Andrej Kirbiš (Author), Stanka Grebenc (Author), Urška Jamnikar (Author), Andrej Ovca (Author), Matic Kavčič (Author), Mojca Jevšnik (Author)

Abstract

The authors present and discuss the results of a nation-wide survey on food safety knowledge among professional food handlers in Slovenia. The data were collected via a telephone survey using a well-established questionnaire adapted to the Slovenian context. Altogether, 601 respondents from hotels, restaurants, catering, and confectionery units completed the questionnaire. To assess food safety knowledge among food handlers in both general and specific domains, three indexes (a General Knowledge Index, a Personal Knowledge Index, and a Temperature Knowledge Index) were created. Among them, the Temperature Knowledge Index revealed the largest gaps in knowledge. An insufficient transfer of food safety knowledge from managers and chefs to assistant chefs and kitchen assistants in establishments where more persons handle food was evident, while a course titled “Hygiene Minimum” of standardised training from the past still significantly contributes to food safety knowledge. The results suggest a need for improvement in the current system of food safety training courses for professional food handlers in Slovenia. The human factor in the food supply chain still has a significant role in ensuring food safety culture, and therefore must become a more important part of the food safety management system.

Keywords

food safety;food handler;knowledge;hygiene;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL ZF - University College of Health Studies
UDC: 614.31:613
COBISS: 159462915 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 2304-8158
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: varnost hrane;skrbnik hrane;znanje;higiena;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: 12 str.
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ12
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ14, [article no.] 2735
Chronology: Jul. 2023
DOI: 10.3390/foods12142735
ID: 21465742