Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices among consumers in developing countries: An international survey

Odeyemi OA 1 , Sani NA 2 , Obadina AO 3 , Saba CKS 4 , Bamidele FA 5 , Abughoush M 6 Show all authors , Asghar A 7 , Dongmo FFD 8 , Macer D 9 , Aberoumand A 10

Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia; Food Safety and Quality Unit, Centre for Research, Training and Development, Higis International Foundation, Nigeria. Electronic address: olumide.odeyemi@utas.edu.au
  • 2 School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 Deparment of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
  • 4 Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University for Development Studies, Ghana
  • 5 Department of Biological sciences, School of Applied Science, Yaba College of Technology, Nigeria
  • 6 Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Hashemite University, P.O. Box 150459, Zarqa 13115, Jordan
  • 7 National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • 8 Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon
  • 9 American University of Sovereign Nations, Arizona, USA
  • 10 Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran
Food Res Int, 2019 02;116:1386-1390.
PMID: 30716930 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.10.030

Abstract

An international survey among consumers in developing countries from Asia and Africa on food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) was carried out using structured questionnaires. Data were collected from 453 consumers comprising 265 from Africa and 188 from Asia. Significant difference (p 

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