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Abstract：
In recent years, incidences of food poisoning have been reported in some schools across the country. However, little attention has been paid to the hygiene practices of food vendors in the schools. This study, therefore, investigates the food safety knowledge and practices of food vendors catering for tertiary and second cycle students in the Ho municipality. The piloted and validated questionnaire used to sample 608 respondents revealed that the majority of the respondents sampled were female (76.0%), between the ages of 26 and 40 (51%), married (47.4%), and have tertiary or senior high school certificate (60.7%). They have been in business for not more than 2 years (36.2%) and had neither food safety (62.3%) nor good manufacturing practice (81.9%) training. However, they have sufficient knowledge in food safety regarding purchasing, storage, cooking and reheating, and personal hygiene, but exhibited poor knowledge and practice of food temperature control protocols. Both Kendall\'s tau-b coefficient correlation and linear regression model revealed a significant positive correlation between food safety knowledge and practices of the vendors. Nevertheless, regular training and monitoring are necessary to enable the vendors to fully implement the food temperature control protocols, which is one of the major causes of food poisoning in the country.
摘要：
近年来,据报道，全国一些学校发生了食物中毒。然而,很少注意学校食品供应商的卫生习惯。这项研究,因此,调查何市为大三和第二周期学生提供餐饮的食品供应商的食品安全知识和实践。用于抽样608名受访者的试点和验证问卷显示，大多数受访者是女性(76.0%)，年龄在26至40岁之间(51%)，已婚（47.4%），并拥有高等教育或高中证书(60.7%)。他们经营不超过2年（36.2％），既没有食品安全（62.3％）也没有良好的生产实践（81.9％）培训。然而,他们在食品安全方面有足够的知识，storage,烹饪和加热，和个人卫生，但表现出对食物温度控制协议的知识和实践不足。Kendall的tau-b系数相关性和线性回归模型均显示出供应商的食品安全知识与实践之间存在显著正相关。然而，定期培训和监测是必要的，以使供应商能够充分实施食品温度控制协议，这是该国食物中毒的主要原因之一。
