Assessing food safety and associated food handling practices in street food vending

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 319-328

  Lues, Jan F R ^a   Rasephei, Mpeli R ^a   Venter, Pierre ^a   Theron, Maria M ^a  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Food safety; Hygienic practices; Street vendors

Indexed keywords

FOOD SAFETY; HYGIENE; MICROORGANISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SALMONELLA; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; YEAST;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COOKERY; COOKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYGIENE; MEAT; SAFETY; SALMONELLA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; BLOEMFONTEIN; FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33749022487     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120600869141     Document Type: Article

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