Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Consumers towards Food Safety

Abstract

Food safety is receiving attention worldwide as the link between food and health and improving food safety is an element in improving food security. The Government is anxious to ensure the safety, hygiene and quality of food and to protect the health of consumers. Consumers also, consider more sanitary and hygienic ways of food preparation as a criterion for choosing a specific food service establishment. As the international commerce expands and people eating outside the home have enormously increased, food-borne Illnesses have become a major public health focus worldwide.