ArticleJournal of community health2017
Assessing the Food Safety Attitudes and Awareness of Managers of School Feeding Programmes in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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- Transforming South Africa's school nutrition programme for educational success: A review on challenges and prospects.Journal of public health research · 2025Review
- Factors Affecting Food Handling Practices Among Food Handlers at Food Establishments in Mogadishu, Somalia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Microbiological quality assessment of fresh produce: Potential health risk to children and urgent need for improved food safety in school feeding schemes.Food science & nutrition · 2023Article
- Cross-Sectional Investigation of the Awareness and Practices of Food Safety among Food Service Catering Staff in Riyadh City Hospitals during the Coronavirus Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Food hygiene and food safety practices of households in a township north of Tshwane, Gauteng.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2023Article
- A Study of Food Safety Knowledge for Sustainable Foodservice Management of Childcare Centers in South Korea Using Importance-Performance Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effect of Clove (Saudi journal of biological sciences · 2021Article
- Integrating nutrition into the education sector in low- and middle-income countries: A framework for a win-win collaboration.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Review
- Food safety in collective catering: knowledge, attitudes and correct application of GHP/GMP knowledge among foodservice workers.Italian journal of food safety · 2020Article
- An assessment of the food safety knowledge and attitudes of food handlers in hospitals.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Trichotomy of awareness, outlook and practice of food handlers towards food and water safety in food establishments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.AIMS public health · 2020Article
- Evaluation of hygienic conditions of food contact surfaces in a hospital kitchen in Morocco.Iranian journal of microbiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
The managers of school feeding programmes are responsible for ensuring the safety of the food which is provided to schoolchildren, but very few studies have been conducted on the food safety knowledge and awareness of these managers. The objective of this study is to evaluate the food safety attitudes and awareness of managers of the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) in schools in Mpumalanga, a province of South Africa. A cross-sectional survey study was conducted in which questionnaires were used to collect data from 300 NSNP food service managers. The majority of schools offering NSNP meals were located in informal settlements and most were found to lack basic resources such as electricity (power supplies to the food preparation facility) and potable tap water in their kitchens. No school was found to have implemented the hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) programme, and only a few staff had received food safety training. Food safety implementation is worst in informal schools in rural areas due to limited resources and infrastructure. The NSNP food service managers in some schools-especially those located in rural settlements-were found to have little knowledge and awareness of HACCP. These results indicate an urgent need to provide NSNP managers with food safety training and resources (potable water supplies, electricity, dedicated food preparation facilities), particularly in schools in rural settlements.
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