Survey of knowledge, attitude and practices on food safety among personnel who produce or manage cooked meat products in Xinxiang city.

Objective To investigate the knowledge,attitude and practices survey on food safety among personnel who produce or manage cooked meat products in Xinxiang city,so as to provide basis for carrying out health education and behavior intervention.Methods Respondents were selected by multi-stage random cluster sampling.An investigation of 213 personnel was made by "food safety questionnaire of personnel who produce or manage cooked meat products" which is self-designed and self-reported method.Results The average score of food safety knowledge was 65.4±13.0.There were no statistical significance in the scores of food safety knowledge in the personnel of male and female and different schooling colony(P0.05).The score of the personnel who participated in training previously higher than who did not(P0.05).In the working hours,22.1% of the persennel would wear overalls,and 8.5% would wear caps,and 13.6% would wear masks.9.9% of the personnel packed cooked food with special plastic bags.12.6% collected money with their bare hands while holding or processed cooked food.95.8% expressed their willingness to learn more about food safety knowledge,and 72.3% expressed their willingness to change their hygiene practices in order to safeguard food safety.Conclusion Currently the average score of food safety knowledge in the personnel who produce or manage cooked meat products is low.Some personnel have the bad habit of health and pay insufficient attention to food hygiene.But,they have positive attitude in learning the knowledge of food hygiene and correcting their undesirable health habits,and the training and management should be strengthened.