食品安全是影响全世界每个人的关键问题。世界上许多国家越来越依赖粮食供应的可用性和安全性。尽管公众越来越意识到与食品有关的危险,食物中毒病例的增加意味着个人继续消费食物,食品储存,从健康和安全的角度来看,食品制备决策并不理想。这项研究的目的是评估沙特阿拉伯家庭的食品安全知识和实践。进行了一项横断面研究,以评估沙特阿拉伯一组家庭的食品安全和实践知识。使用社交媒体(Facebook,Twitter,Instagram,和WhatsApp),和电子邮件通信被分发。共有309名成年人(年龄范围18-59岁)参加了这项研究。总的来说,地区之间在食品安全知识方面没有差异。此外,大多数参与者都有食品安全的良好做法。我们的研究结果表明,性别,年龄,和教育水平是影响受访者食品安全知识的因素。关于食品安全实践,总的来说,结果表明,参与者有良好的做法。因此,组织应该专注于教育项目,培训,在商场等公共场所举办研讨会和活动,学校,以及家访,以改善和增加食品安全知识和实践。
Food safety is a critical problem that impacts everyone worldwide. Many countries around the world are becoming increasingly reliant on the availability and safety of their food supply. Despite growing public consciousness about food-related dangers, the growth in food poisoning cases implies that individuals continue to make food consumption, food storage, and food preparation decisions that are less than optimal from a health and safety standpoint. The aim of this study was to assess Saudi Arabia\'s households\' knowledge and practices of food safety. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess knowledge of food safety and practices among a group of households in Saudi Arabia. An online questionnaire using social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp), and emails communications were distributed. A total of 309 adults (age range 18-59 years) participated in the study. In general, there were no differences between regions regarding the knowledge of food safety. Additionally, most of the participants had good practices of food safety. The findings of our study show that the gender, age, and educational level are factors that have an impact on the knowledge of food safety among respondents. Regarding food safety practices, in general, the results show that the participants had good practices. Therefore, organizations should focus on educational programs, training, holding workshops and activities in public places such as malls, schools, and home visit to improve and increases food safety knowledge and practices.