Traditional foods, food safety practices, and food culture in the Middle East

Food safety challenges associated with traditional foods in Arabic speaking countries of the Middle East

Trends in Food Science & Technology ◽

10.1016/j.tifs.2012.10.002 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 116-123 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Mehrdad Tajkarimi ◽

Salam A. Ibrahim ◽

Angela M. Fraser

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Middle East ◽

Traditional Foods ◽

Arabic Speaking

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Food Safety Knowledge and Home Food Safety Practices of Home-delivered Meal Service Recipients

Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition ◽

10.3746/jkfn.2009.38.5.618 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 38 (5) ◽

pp. 618-625 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Kyung-Eun Lee ◽

Na-Young Yi ◽

Jung-Yeon Park

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Safety Practices ◽

Home Food ◽

Meal Service ◽

Safety Knowledge

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Understanding Risk Perception toward Food Safety in Street Food: The Relationships among Service Quality, Values, and Repurchase Intention

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18136826 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (13) ◽

pp. 6826

Author(s):

Kyung Hwa Seo ◽

Jee Hye Lee

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Risk Perception ◽

Service Quality ◽

Food Quality ◽

Perceived Value ◽

Internet Survey ◽

Food Culture ◽

Repurchase Intention ◽

Street Food ◽

Perception Group

This paper aims to identify service quality dimensions of street food that have an impact on utilitarian and hedonic values and to determine the effect of utilitarian and hedonic values on repurchase intention. It also examines the moderating effect of risk perception toward street food safety on the relationship between service quality and perceived value. An Internet survey was performed in Korea with 285 respondents. The results confirmed that the five dimensions of street food’s service quality—food quality, employee service, physical environment, price, and rapidity of service—had positive impacts on utilitarian and hedonic values. All perceived value (utilitarian, hedonic) has an impact on repurchase intention. Finally, the food quality of street food showed a stronger influence on utilitarian value among the low-risk perception group than the high-risk perception group depending on the consumers’ level of awareness of food safety. This provides new insights for marketing strategies to attract domestic/foreign consumers to street food vendors and for creating a new food culture by emphasizing important domains of service quality, the relation of quality to consumer values, and risk perception toward food safety in street food.

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The health implications of distrust in the food system: findings from the dimensions of trust in food systems scale (DOTIFS scale)

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-11349-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Emma Tonkin ◽

Trevor Webb ◽

Julie Henderson ◽

Paul R. Ward ◽

John Coveney ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Food Safety ◽

Content Validity ◽

Food Systems ◽

Food System ◽

Dietary Guidelines ◽

Consumer Trust ◽

Safety Practices ◽

Health Related ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background Consumer trust in food systems is essential for consumers, food industry, policy makers and regulators. Yet no comprehensive tool for measuring consumer trust in food systems exists. Similarly, the impact that trust in the food system has on health-related food behaviours is yet to be empirically examined. The aim of this research was to develop a comprehensive instrument to measure trust in the food system (the Dimensions of Trust in Food Systems Scale (DOTIFS scale) and use it to explore whether trust in the food system impacts consumers’ health-related behaviours. Methods The DOTIFS scale was developed using sociological theories of trust and pre-existing instruments measuring aspects of trust. It was pilot tested and content validity was assessed with 85 participants. A mixed-methods exploration of the health-related behaviours of 18 conveniently sampled Australian consumers with differing trust scores determined by the DOTIFS scale was then conducted. During March–July 2019 shopping- and home-observations were used to assess participants’ food safety practices and exposure to public health fortification programs, while the CSIRO Healthy Diet Score determined their adherence to national dietary guidelines. Results The DOTIFS scale was found to have high comprehension, ease of use and content validity. Statistical analysis showed scale scores significantly trended as predicted by participants’ stated level of trust. Differences were found in the way individuals with more or less trust in the food system comply with national dietary guidelines, are exposed to public health fortification programs, and adhere to recommended food safety practices. Conclusions The DOTIFS scale is a comprehensive, sociologically- and empirically- informed assessment of consumer trust in food systems that can be self-administered online to large populations and used to measure changes in consumer trust over time. The differences in health-related behaviours between individuals with varying levels of trust warrant further investigation.

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Evaluation of Current Food Safety Practices at Various Food Establishments in Lahore

Journal of Food Processing & Technology ◽

10.4172/2157-7110.1000559 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 07 (03) ◽

Author(s):

Muhammad Shehbaz

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Safety Practices

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Food safety knowledge, attitudes, practices and training of fast-food restaurant food handlers: a moderation analysis

British Food Journal ◽

10.1108/bfj-01-2021-0026 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Harold Van Andaya Aquino ◽

Tyron Yap ◽

Jean Paolo Gomez Lacap ◽

Gertrude Tuazon ◽

Maribel Flores

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Fast Food ◽

Safety Training ◽

Fast Food Restaurant ◽

Food Handlers ◽

Safety Practices ◽

Content Type ◽

Moderation Analysis ◽

Food Safety Training ◽

Safety Knowledge

PurposeThe study examines the interrelationships of food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices, and the moderating effect of food safety training on the said interrelationships.Design/methodology/approachPredictive-causal was the primary research design used and partial least squares – structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was the statistical technique applied.FindingsResults showed that food safety knowledge significantly and positively influences attitudes towards food safety. It was further revealed that attitudes toward food safety and food safety practices are also significantly and positively related. Moderation analysis indicated that food safety training moderates the significant and positive relationship between attitudes towards food safety and food safety practices.Research limitations/implicationsThe present study has limitations. First, the unit of analysis is focused on food handlers in fast-food restaurants in Angeles City, Philippines. Other researchers may come up with similar studies on a larger scale – provincial, regional or national. Second, only food safety training as a construct was used as a moderator on the hypothesized relationships of the structural model. Other studies may expand and explore other moderating variables and/or mediating constructs that may affect the said hypothesized relationships.Practical implicationsBased on the present study, food safety knowledge was found to have a huge significant and direct influence on attitudes of fast-food restaurant food handlers towards food safety, as evidenced by the computed effect size. In short, knowledge on food safety is an integral factor when it comes to enhancing food safety attitudes of fast-food restaurant food handlers. When fast-food restaurant food handlers are well-equipped with the right food safety knowledge, they become more aware of the different food safety protocols and other pertinent food safety guidelines and procedures which can lead to favorable food safety attitudes.Social implicationsThe present study highlighted the moderating effect of food safety training on the relationship between attitudes toward food safety and food safety practices. Therefore, regular attendance of food handlers to food safety training is crucial in developing acceptable attitudes toward food safety, which in turn, favorably affect their food safety practices in fast-food restaurants.Originality/valueThe current study utilized PLS-SEM, a second-generation statistical technique, to measure the hypothesized relationships as compared to correlation tests performed by prior studies on the interrelationships of food safety knowledge, attitudes toward food safety and food safety practices. PLS-SEM is suitable for this type of research design – predictive-causal – since this study involves model development and prediction. Furthermore, it employed moderation analysis to measure the moderating effects of food safety training on the identified hypothesized relationships of the structural model. Hence, methodologically, the present study employed new ways and insights in measuring the interrelationships of food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices.

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