Food hygiene and Safety Practices among Street Food Vendors: An Assessment of Compliance, Institutional and Legislative Framework in Ghana

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Food hygiene and Safety Practices among Street Food Vendors: An Assessment of Compliance, Institutional and Legislative Framework in Ghana

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

Description

This cross sectional study assesses compliance with eight food hygiene and safety principles among 200 randomly selected food vendors in two study locations in Ghana; Bibiani and Dormaa Ahenkro. Compliance levels were ranked according to a 5-point Likert scale based on calculated compliance scores. It also examines existing institutional and legislative framework for regulating the activities of food vendors in Ghana. Data collection was based primarily on extensive field observation and comp...

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Journal article

Thesis level

Article

Date created

2014

Creator

Monney, Isaac / Agyei, Dominic / Ewoenam, Badzi / Priscilla, Campaore / Nyaw, Stephen

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/43194

Related subjects

Street foods / Compliance / Food hygiene and safety / Food vendors / Hygiene practices / Institutional framework / Legislative framework

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