Assessment of food hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices of night street food vendors in Morogoro, Tanzania
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Date
2025-07-03
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European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety
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
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Food safety, night street food vender, food hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices.
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