Food safety knowledge among professional food handlers in Slovenia : the results of a nation-wide survey

Jevšnik Podlesnik, Mojca (avtor), Kirbiš, Andrej (avtor), Grebenc, Stanka (avtor), Jamnikar Ciglenečki, Urška (avtor), Ovca, Andrej (avtor), Kavčič, Matic (avtor)

The authors present and discuss the results of a nation-wide survey on food safety knowledge among professional food handlers in Slovenia. The data were collected via a telephone survey using a well-established questionnaire adapted to the Slovenian context. Altogether, 601 respondents from hotels, restaurants, catering, and confectionery units completed the questionnaire. To assess food safety knowledge among food handlers in both general and specific domains, three indexes (a General Knowledge Index, a Personal Knowledge Index, and a Temperature Knowledge Index) were created. Among them, the Temperature Knowledge Index revealed the largest gaps in knowledge. An insufficient transfer of food safety knowledge from managers and chefs to assistant chefs and kitchen assistants in establishments where more persons handle food was evident, while a course titled “Hygiene Minimum” of standardised training from the past still significantly contributes to food safety knowledge. The results suggest a need for improvement in the current system of food safety training courses for professional food handlers in Slovenia. The human factor in the food supply chain still has a significant role in ensuring food safety culture, and therefore must become a more important part of the food safety management system.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: food safety, food handler, knowledge, hygiene
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: ZF - Zdravstvena fakulteta ; VF - Veterinarska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2023
• Št. strani: 12 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 12, iss. 14, art. 2735
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-152745
• UDK: 614.31:613
• ISSN pri članku: 2304-8158
• DOI: 10.3390/foods12142735
• COBISS.SI-ID: 159462915
• Datum objave v RUL: 05.12.2023

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Foods
• Skrajšan naslov: Foods
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2304-8158
• COBISS.SI-ID: 512252472

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: varnost hrane, skrbnik hrane, znanje, higiena

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P4-0092-2020
• Naslov: Zdravje živali, okolje in varna hrana

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P3-0388-2022
• Naslov: Mehanizmi varovanja zdravja