ASSESSMENT OF FOOD SAFETY KNOWLEDGE AMONG HOUSEHOLDS IN AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA
2020
Udoh, E.S.
This study examined the food safety knowledge of households in Akwa Ibom State. Using a structuredquestionnaire, primary data was collected from 457 respondents, through a multi-stage sampling procedure.Specifically, study described the prevalence, margin and intensity, given three critical indices, of food safetyknowledge. It additionally, identified the factors influencing the probability of households having food safetyknowledge. Results show that average age of respondents is 41years, with household size of 5persons, monthlyincome of N94973, and number of children below five years and adults above 65 years as 1 each. The results, withmean of 0.70 as critical index showed that 55.36% of households are informed about food safety. At critical indexof 0.7, there is a gap of four (4) knowledge items between the informed and uniformed. Education, householdincome and confidence in safety labels are significant factors influencing the probability of household's havingfood safety knowledge. The study established and provided a more incisive look into the gap between theinformed and uninformed, with respect to food safety knowledge. It, therefore recommends that this margin bebridged by awareness programmes which could be propagated by government or non-government organisations.
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