Food Safety Cultures: A Study of Food Vendors in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Nigeria
Fyne Okita Uwemedimo, Bassi Amos, Olokun Alexander Lanzema
Asian Food Science Journal · pp. 13–27 · Published 10 Dec 2022
10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i12602Abstract
Food is considered safe when it is free from substances that might compromise individual or populations' health and well-being, and is realizable with appropriate food safety cultures. This study accessed 150 food vendors across four of twelve political wards of the Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC who consented to the exercise. Results indicated no significant relationship between location with perception and practices of vendors on food safety, which had mean scores of 0.593, and 0.139 respectively. With p value (< 0.05), there is clearly a significant difference between the options measuring food safety (yes = good, and not sure = fair), and option no (poor) having the highest observed count of 78, the null hypothesis was rejected. As a result, it was concluded that, the food safety culture of food vendors in Abuja will not deliver safe foods to consumers. High market prices of food supplies, complex/cumbersome processes involved with meeting government regulations on food safety with weighted means of 3.3133 and 2.8667 respectively, were identified as the prevalent constraints on food safety cultures among food vendors in Abuja. In assuring safety, while maintaining the benefits of food vending to both sellers and buyers, emphasis should be given in to promoting food safety rather than mere revenue generation among both vendors and local government officials who register these vendors.
References (27)
- 1 The State of Food Insecurity in the World
- 2 World Health Organization Global Estimates and Regional Comparisons of the Burden of Foodborne Disease in 2010 [DOI]
- 3 Street foods in Accra, Ghana: how safe are they? [DOI]
- 4 Future challenges to microbial food safety [DOI]
- 5 Sanitary Conditions of Food Vending Sites and Food Handling Practices of Street Food Vendors in Benin City, Nigeria: Implication for Food Hygiene and Safety [DOI]
- 6 Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Food Hygiene among Food Vendors in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria [DOI]
- 7 Public health implications of microbial food safety and foodborne diseases in developing countries [DOI]
- 8 Microbial Safety of Wood in Contact with Food: A Review [DOI]
- 9 Evaluating Food Safety Knowledge and Practices among Foodservice Staff in Al Madinah Hospitals, Saudi Arabia [DOI]
- 10 Knowledge on Food Safety and Food-Handling Practices of Street Food Vendors in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ghana [DOI]
- 11 Hygiene in Restaurants and among Street Food Vendors in Bangladesh [DOI]
- 12 An Assessment of Food Safety Needs of Restaurants in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria [DOI]
- 13 Socio-economic and hygiene features of street food vending in Gauteng [DOI]
- 14 Assessment of the food hygiene practices of food handlers in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria [DOI]
- 15 Regulation and Enforcement of Legislation on Food Safety in Nigeria [DOI]
- 16 Self-medication among rural residents in Lagos, Nigeria [DOI]
- 17 Safe Food Handling Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Food Handlers in Hospital Kitchen [DOI]
- 18 Consumption patterns of street food consumers in Cape Town
- 19 A survey of hygiene and sanitary practices of street food vendors in the Central State of Northern Nigeria [DOI]
- 20 What Food is to be Kept Safe and for Whom? Food-Safety Governance in an Unsafe Food System [DOI]
- 21 Food Safety Legislation in Some Developing Countries [DOI]
- 22 Environment and Food Poisoning: Food Safety Knowledge and Practice among Food Vendors in Garki, Abuja – Nigeria [DOI]
- 23 Food safety and COVID-19: Limitations of HACCP and the way forward [DOI]
- 24 Food Hygiene Awareness, Processing and Practice among Street Food Vendors in Ghana
- 25 Knowledge in food hygiene and hygienic practices differ- in food handlers at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
- 26 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR CONSUMERS PROTECTION IN NIGERIA
- 27 Personal and food hygiene practices among street-food vendors in Sabon-Gari local government area of Kaduna State, Nigeria [DOI]
Cited by 1
H. Y. Ibrahim, S. S. Adeola · FUDMA Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology · 2024
Related research
- Knowledge, Perception and Practice of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women Attending a Tertiary Healthcare Facility in Sokoto, Nigeria — shares topic coverage
- Knowledge, Perception and Misconceptions on Family Planning among Women Living in an Urban Slum in Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria — shares topic coverage
- User’s Perception and Satisfaction with Services Provided under National Health Insurance Scheme: A Case Study of Academic Staff of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto — shares topic coverage
- Perception, Awareness and Treatment Experiences about Onchocerciasis in a Rural Community in Cross River State, Nigeria: Implications for Control — shares topic coverage
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions about Mental Illness in Ekom Iman Community in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria — shares topic coverage
Article metrics
Real usage data collected on this platform.
0
Page views
0
PDF downloads
0
Outbound clicks
1
Citations
Views by country
Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".
No views recorded yet.
Traffic sources
Referring site, by host.
No traffic recorded yet.
Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.