Roberts, Kevin R.Kwon, JuneheeShanklin, Carol W.Liu, PeiYen, Wen-Shen2011-03-152011-03-152011-03-15http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8045This study compared compliance with the Food Code between ethnic and non-ethnic restaurants and identified specific food safety practices needing improvement. Frequencies for 275 individual Kansas Food Code violations and the number of critical and noncritical violations were compared between independent ethnic, chain ethnic, independent non-ethnic, and chain non-ethnic restaurants. Independent ethnic restaurants had significantly more critical and noncritical violations than the other three types of restaurants. The majority of differences in code violations were found between independent ethnic restaurants and the other three categories. Overall, non-ethnic restaurants had higher food code compliance scores than independent and chain ethnic restaurants.This is an electronic version of an article published in Roberts, K.R., Kwon, J., Shanklin, C. W., Liu, P., & Yen, Wen-Shen. (2011). Food safety practices lacking in independent ethnic restaurants. Journal of Culinary Science & Technology, 9(1), 1- 16. Journal of Culinary Science & Technology is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com with the open URL of your article, which would be the following address: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1542-8052&volume=9&issue=1&spage=1EthnicComplianceFood safetyFood codePracticesRestaurantsArticle (author version)