Assessment of the level of knowledge and practices of food safety-Rafha-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract EN

The aim of the study is to assess the level of knowledge and awareness of food safety and food safety practices in Rafha-Saudi Arabia.

an electronic questionnaire is designed with 3 parts of questions.

part one is demographics, second is 25 questions about food safety knowledge and awareness, and third is 15 questions about food safety practices.

data were analyzed by Microsoft excel and IBM SPSS and the relationship between variables and demographic characteristics was explored.

255 (94.9%) females, (76%) 18-29 years old and (87%) people with education participated in the survey.

collectors the results indicated that respondents are familiar with buying high-quality food (80%), buying fresh vegetables and fruits (85%), using separate cutting boards and knives for each type of food during preparation (76.4%) and (76%) always washing their hands before preparing food and (77.6%) always wash their hands after touching raw meat, chicken and fish and using chi-square test it was found that AP = 0.029 correlation between the results of knowledge scores B food safety and age group (P < 0.05) and the results showed that (64.9%) of them have a good level of knowledge and 80% have a moderate level of food safety practices.

in conclusion : the community needs more knowledge of food safety practices to reach an excellent level of knowledge and a high level of practices.

we recommend the competent authorities to provide guidance panels in public places that contribute to increasing knowledge and awareness of food safety and its practices.