Food Borne Disease and the Lifestyles of the Students and Food Handlers in Rural Schools: A Preliminary Observation
Food borne diseases cause millions of deaths every year around the world. The major factors contributing to food borne diseases and the prevalence of food poisoning among students are the food preparation process, lifestyles, physical cleanliness and water supplies. Food mismanagement by food...
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Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH)
2021
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36122/1/borne1.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36122/ https://msocialsciences.com/index.php/mjssh/article/view/956 https://doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v6i9.956 |
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| Summary: | Food borne diseases cause millions of deaths every year around the world. The major factors
contributing to food borne diseases and the prevalence of food poisoning among students are the food
preparation process, lifestyles, physical cleanliness and water supplies. Food mismanagement by food
handlers and students’ and food handlers’ poor knowledge of food hygiene are the factors that lead to
food poisoning among school students. The objectives of this study are to: investigate how food
handlers carry out food preparation; determine students’ and handlers’ standards of food hygiene assess
the physical cleanliness of school canteens and the purity of their water supplies; and develop
guidelines for the prevention of food poisoning. The aspects investigated in this study are the food
preparation process, knowledge of food hygiene, physical cleanliness and food poisoning prevention
methods. |
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