Consumer poultry handling behaviors
dc.contributor.author | Donelan, Amy K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-10-12T19:03:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-10-12T19:03:02Z | |
dc.date.graduationmonth | December | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2015-12-01 | en_US |
dc.date.published | 2015 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Understanding how consumers handle poultry can highlight gaps in consumer knowledge and practice of food safety. Quantitative research provides only a partial image, whereas qualitative data is helpful in gaining a complete picture of a shopper's behaviors. The objective of this study was to determine what poultry product microbes could potentially be transferred during purchasing and home storage; using a shop-along observational technique to observe actual shopping, transporting, and storing behavior of consumers with raw poultry products. In 71% (n=97) of the situations observed there was no visible hand sanitizer or wipes in the meat section of the grocery store. Plastic bags could be found in the meat section 85% (n=97) of the time, which only 25% of shoppers (n=82) used the bag for their poultry products. During transportation, the consumer bagged the poultry separately from other products in 71% of the observations. A majority of shoppers (59%) stored poultry without using a plastic bag or other container. Overall, there needs to be an increase in food safety education on the handling of poultry during purchasing, transporting, and storage. | en_US |
dc.description.advisor | Delores H. Chambers | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Science | en_US |
dc.description.department | Human Nutrition | en_US |
dc.description.level | Masters | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/20477 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Kansas State University | en |
dc.subject | Poultry | en_US |
dc.subject | Food safety | en_US |
dc.subject | Consumer | en_US |
dc.subject | Shop- along | en_US |
dc.subject.umi | Behavioral Sciences (0602) | en_US |
dc.subject.umi | Food Science (0359) | en_US |
dc.title | Consumer poultry handling behaviors | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |