Socio-economic profile and food safety knowledge and practice of street food vendors in the city of Guwahati, Assam, India

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-203

  Choudhury, Manisha ^a,b   Mahanta, Lipi ^c   Goswami, Jayashree ^a   Mazumder, Minakshi ^a   Pegoo, Barnali ^a  

^a Handique Girls' College   (India)

^b NRHM   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649514663     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Badrie N., Gobin A., Dookeran S., Duncan R. Consumer awareness and perception to food safety hazards in Trinidad, West Indies. Food Control 2006, 17:370-377.
2. Bryan F.L., Jermini M., Schmitt R., Chilufya E.N., Mwanza M., Matoba A., et al. Hazards associated with holding and reheating foods at vending sites in a small town in Zambia. Journal of Food Protection 1997, 60:p391-p398.
3. Edema, M.O., Omemu, A.M. (2004). Microbiology and food hygiene in public food services. In Proceedings of the international conference on science and national development (pp. 25-29). 25th-28th October.
4. Egan M.B., Raats M.M., Grubb S.M., Eves A., Lumbers M.L., Dean M.S., et al. A review of food safety and food hygiene training studies in the commercial sector. Food Control 2007, 18(Issue 10):1180-1190. October.
5. Food and nutrition paper NO.46 Street foods 1989, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome.
6. Freese E., Romero-Abal M.E., Solomons N.W., Gross R. The microbiological safety of typical Guatemalan foods from street vendors, low-income homes and hotels. International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition 1998, 49:27-38.
7. Hanashiro A., Morita M., Matté G.R., Matté M.H., Torres E.A.F.S. Microbiological quality of selected street foods from a restricted area of São Paulo city, Brazil. Food Control 2005, 16(Issue 5):439-444. June.
8. Idowu O.A., Rowland S.A. Oral fecal parasites and personal hygiene of food handlers in Abeokuta, Nigeria. African Health Science 2006, 6(3):160-164.
9. Lucca A., Torres E.A.F.S. Street-food: the hygiene conditions of hot-dogs sold in São Paulo, Brazil. Food Control 2006, 17(Issue 4):312-316. April.
10. Marvin H.J.P., Kleter G.A., Frewer L.J., Cope S., Wentholt M.T.A., Rowe G. Working procedure for identifying emerging food safety issues at an early stage: Implications for European and international risk management practices. Food Control 2009, 20(Issue 4):345-356. April.
11. Mensah P., Yeboah-Manu D., Owusu-Darko K., Ablordey A. Street foods in Accra, Ghana: how safe are they?. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2002, 80(7):546-554.
12. Mosupye F.M., von Holy A. Microbiological quality and safety of ready-to-eat street- vended foods in Johannesburg, South Africa. Journal of Food Protection 1999, 62:1278-1284.
13. Muinde O.K., Kuri E. Hygienic and sanitary practices of vendors of street foods in Nairobi, Kenya. African Journal of Food Agriculture & Nutritional Development 2005, 5(1):1-14.
14. Nunes B.N., Cruz A.G., Faria J.A.F., Anderson S.S.A., Silva R., Moura M.R.L. A survey on the sanitary condition of commercial foods of plant origin sold in Brazil. Food Control 2010, 21(Issue 1):50-54. January.
15. Omemu A.M., Aderoju S.T. Food safety knowledge and practices of street food vendors in the city of Abeokuta, Nigeria. Food Control 2008, 19(Issue 4):396-402. April.
16. Omemu A.M., Edema M.O., Bankole M.O. Bacteriological assessment of street vended ready to eat (RTE) vegetables and prepacked salad in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Microbiology 2005, 19(1-2):497-504.
17. Singh A.K. Tests, measurements and research methods in behavioural science 1998, Bharati Bhavan, Patna. 3rd ed.
18. Umoh V.J., Odoba M.B. Safety and quality evaluation of street foods sold in Zaria, Nigeria. Food Control 1999, 10:9-14.
19. WHO Essential safety requirements for street-vended foods 1996, revised version, Food Safety Unit, World Health Organization.