Table 13.

Respondent practices for the control and management of fungi in food.

Variable	Knowledge score category
		Score < 50%	Score ≥ 50%	Total %	P-value
Do you consume food showing visible fungi growth?	No	35	327	56.4	0.013*
	Sometimes	20	211	36.0
	Yes	11	38	7.6
Do you check for the presence of molds and fungi on foods before consumption?	No	17	104	18.8	0.13
	Yes	49	472	81.2

Scores < 50% indicate inadequate knowledge and Scores ≥ 50% indicate adequate knowledge.

*Significant at 5%.

Significant values are in bold.