Food Sanitation Practice of Food Handlers and Food Microbiological Quality in Ready to Eat Food Shops. Suhaila Sama-ae1*, Anchalee Pongkaset 1
Lecturer, Sirindhon College of Public Health, Yala, Praboromajachanok Institute,Ministry of Public Health, Thailand.
91, Thesabal 1 Road, Sateng, Muan, Yala, 95000 Thailand.
Abstract
Background: Ready-to-eat food shop means an establishment which sells food that is ready to eat at the time of sale to be consumed either on the premises. Sirindhon College of Public Health in yala province is higher educational for Health workforce development, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand has a lot of person and student are very busy and in a hurry; so that most purchase ready-to-eat foods from a food shop. From biological surveillance on food borne illness.
Purpose: The objectives of this study were to investigate food sanitation practice of food handlers and food microbiological quality in ready to eat food shops.
Methods: There were two groups of samples, namely, handlers persons (N=15) and ready to eat food (beverage and prepared food). Data of food handlers were collected using observational record of sanitation practice which the reliability was 0.96. The samplings were 134 samples. The method of analysis based on specified standard of Food Analysis Division, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. All samplings were taken from 10 food shops in period of collecting sampling from August to September, 2019.
Results: The study found that the overall mean score of sanitation practice of food handlers was lower than standard level. For the microbiological quality analysis, the results showed that was more than 88.2% under standard.
Conclusion: If food sanitation practice of food handlers was lower than standard level, it may be affected microbial contamination in ready to eat food.
