Assessment of Knowledge,Attitudes and Practices of Food Handlers in Attieke Production Units in Relation to Food Hygiene and Safety in Cote d’Ivoire in 2012

作     者：Theodore N.Djéni Alfred K.Kouamé Youssouf Traoré Rose K.Nevry Marcellin K.Dje 

作者机构：Department of Food Sciences and TechnologyLaboratory of Biotechnology and food MicrobiologyUniversity Nangui AbrogouaAbidjanCote d’Ivoire Département Santé Publique et Informatique MédicaleUFR Sciences MédicalesUniversité Félix Houphouet BoignyAbidjanCote d’Ivoire 

出 版 物：《Food and Nutrition Sciences》 (食品与营养科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2014年第5卷第10期

页      面：896-904页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by the International Foundation for Science(IFS)under Grant E/4955-1 

主　　题：Attieke Food Handlers Hygienic Practices Production Units 

摘      要：The aims of this study were to investigate the food safety knowledge and practices of food handlers and to assess the sanitary conditions of attieke production units in the South of C?te d’Ivoire. A cross-sectional study was conducted during 4 months in 2012 in 7 localities and data were collected using questionnaire and observation checklist and microbiological analysis of hands. A total of 775 attieke production units were involved in this survey. Seventy-one percent (71%) were located on public domains and only 70 production units (9%) used septic tank as a mean of final deposal for liquid waste. Hygiene conditions and practices of food handlers in attieke production units were inadequate. The presence of specific microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter agglomerans, Citrobacter youngae, Klebsiella oxytoca and Citrobacter freundi was indicative of a degree of ignorance on the part of food handlers towards proper hygienic practices.