Assessment of food hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices of night street food vendors in Morogoro, Tanzania

Abstract

The consumption of street food is associated with the provision of unhealthy, unsafe, and nutritionally unbalanced meals, presenting a public health concern. This study was designed to assess food safety knowledge, attitude and practices of night street food vendors in Morogoro Municipality. A cross-sectional study involved 256-night street food vendors was performed, using a structured questionnaire. The results reported that most of the vendors were females (77%) and half of the vendors were aged between 20 to 30 years. Majority of vendors ,62.9% had been vending food for 4-5 years. Generally, the study revealed medium attitudes (95.3%) and moderate

Description

Journal Article

Keywords

Food safety, night street food vender, food hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices.

Citation

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