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| Title: | Food safety training and foodservice employees' knowledge and behavior. |
| Authors: | Roberts, Kevin R.
Barrett, Betsy B.
Howells, Amber D.
Shanklin, Carol W.
Pilling, Valerie K.
Brannon, Laura A. |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Type: | Article (publisher version) |
| Journal: | Food protection trends |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Starting Page: | 252 |
| Ending Page: | 260 |
| Publisher: | International Association for Food Protection |
| Permissions: | Reprinted with permission from Food Protection Trends. Copyright held by the International Association for Food Protection. |
| Keywords: | Food safety
Training
Personal hygiene
Time/temperature abuse
Cross contamination
Foodborne illnesses |
| Abstract: | Statistics show that 59% of foodborne illnesses are traced to restaurant operations. Food safety training has been identified as a way to assure public health, yet evidence supporting the effectiveness of training has been inconclusive. A systematic random sample of 31 restaurants in three midwestern states was selected to assess the effect of training on food safety knowledge and behavior. A total of 402 employees (242 pretraining and 160 post-training) participated in this study. Pre and post-training assessments were conducted on knowledge and behavior related to three key food safety practices: cross contamination, poor personal hygiene, and time/temperature abuse. Overall knowledge (P ≥ .05) and compliance with standards of behavior (P ≥ .001) improved significantly between pre- and post-training. When each practice was examined independently, only handwashing knowledge (P ≥ .001) and behavior (P ≥ .001) significantly improved. Results indicated that training can improve knowledge and behaviors, but knowledge alone does not always improve behaviors. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/806 |
| Appears in Collections: | Hospitality Management and Dietetics
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