Survey on Food Safety and Hygiene Knowledge in Manikganj City Restaurants

Abstract

Humans and the food industry both depend on food safety. As a result, food handlers must have a strong understanding of food safety and practice good hygiene. The purpose of this study was to assess restaurant food workers' food safety knowledge and hygiene practices in Manikganj, Bangladesh. A total of 150 food workers were interviewed to assess their level of knowledge and practices on food safety and hygiene. The majority of people believe that knowing how to properly wash your hands reduces the risk of food contamination. Furthermore, 83.7% of people who use gloves to process food do so to prevent contamination (98 %). While 56.66 % of the respondents were confident in their knowledge of how to clean instruments properly to avoid food contamination, 40.66 % avoided it, and 2.67 % had no idea. Only 36% disagreed with the proportion of participants (50.67%) who agreed that eating and drinking at work increases the risk of food contamination. According to 34.67% of those polled, washing utensils with detergent removes contamination. Using preventative approaches, providing continuous education to food handlers on food hygiene and food safety, ensuring that monitoring systems are in place, and increasing the power of health inspectors concerning food inspection can all help to improve the effective management of microbiological hazards.