Okojie P W, Isah E C
Department of Community Health, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, PMB 1111, Benin City 30001, Nigeria.
J Environ Public Health. 2014;2014:701316. doi: 10.1155/2014/701316. Epub 2014 Sep 3.
To determine the sanitary conditions of vending sites as well as food handling practices of street food vendors in Benin City, Nigeria.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was done using an observational checklist and researcher-administered questionnaire. 286 randomly selected vending units were surveyed, and their operators interviewed on their food handling practices.
A higher proportion, 259 (90.5%), of the observed vending sites appeared clean. The following sanitary facilities were observed in and around the respective food premises of the respondents: waste bin, 124 (43.4%), refuse dumpsite, 41 (14.3%), wash hand basin, 201 (71.2%), hand towel, 210 (73.4%), and soap, 220 (76.9%). There were also the presence of flies 118, (41.3%), and the presence of rats/cockroaches, 7 (2.4%). Respondents with tertiary education, 5 (38.5%), vended foods in environment with good hygiene status compared to those with secondary, 45 (31.7%), and primary education, 33 (27.3%). There was no statistically significant association between educational status and the hygiene status of food premise (P = 0.362).
This study showed that street food vending sites in Benin City were sanitary and that food vendors had good food handling practices.
确定尼日利亚贝宁城街头食品摊贩的售卖地点卫生状况以及食品处理方式。
采用观察清单和研究人员发放的问卷进行描述性横断面研究。对286个随机选取的售卖单位进行了调查，并就其食品处理方式对经营者进行了访谈。
观察到的售卖地点中，较高比例（259个，90.5%）看起来干净。在受访者各自的食品经营场所及其周边观察到以下卫生设施：垃圾桶，124个（43.4%）；垃圾倾倒场，41个（14.3%）；洗手盆，201个（71.2%）；擦手毛巾，210个（73.4%）；肥皂，220个（76.9%）。还观察到有苍蝇的场所118个（41.3%），有老鼠/蟑螂的场所7个（2.4%）。接受高等教育的受访者中有5个（38.5%）在卫生状况良好的环境中售卖食品，相比之下，接受中等教育的有45个（31.7%），接受初等教育的有33个（27.3%）。教育程度与食品经营场所的卫生状况之间无统计学显著关联（P = 0.362）。
本研究表明，贝宁城的街头食品售卖地点卫生状况良好，食品摊贩的食品处理方式也较好。
