Table 2.
Key indicators of the participants’ food safety knowledge.
| Question | Right Answer n (%) |
Wrong Answer n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Do you know that people can get seriously sick and die from eating contaminated food? | 526 (91.2) | 51 (8.8) |
| Do you know what food poisoning is? | 533 (92.4) | 44 (7.6) |
| Do you know which population is more susceptible to food poisoning? | 395 (68.5) | 182 (31.5) |
| In your opinion can food get contaminated at: | 502 (87) | 75 (13) |
| The consumption of raw meat could pose serious economic losses to consumers | 310 (53.7) | 267 (35.4) |
| Form of cross-contamination that could happen due to bad practices or bad storage conditions | 294 (51) | 283 (49) |
| Can a raw meat dish that looks and smells fresh make you sick? | 373 (64.6) | 204 (35.4) |
| Does freezing (<−18 °C) prevent the growth of pathogens on raw meat? | 251 (43.5) | 326 (56.5) |
| The only way to ensure that you won’t get food poisoning due to raw meat is to: | 444 (76.9) | 133 (23.1) |
| What is the optimal temperature for storing raw meat? | 442 (76.6) | 135 (23.4) |
| Regular washing of hands reduces the risk of contamination | 502 (87) | 75 (13) |
| Raw meat can be kept at room temperature for: | 391 (67.8) | 186 (32.2) |
| During a long electricity cut-off, what should you do with your stored raw meat? | 407 (70.5) | 170 (29.5) |
| How long can you store raw meat in the fridge before consuming it? | 300 (52) | 277 (48) |
| Do you know that some pathogens in raw meat can lead to kidney failure, sepsis, bloody diarrhea, and even death? | 426 (73.8) | 151 (26.2) |
| Parasites that could be found in raw meat dishes | 256 (44.4) | 321 (55.6) |
| Hepatitis A virus that can cause liver inflammation can be found in raw meat dishes | 244 (42.3) | 33 (57.7) |
| Helicobacter pylori a bacterium that can cause peptic ulcer disease and gastritis can be transmitted through raw meat dishes | 267 (46.3) | 310 (53.7) |
| Salmonella bacteria that infect the intestinal tract can be found in raw meat dishes | 451 (78.2) | 126 (21.8) |
| E. coli O157: H7 can cause serious illness in humans by producing toxins that can severely damage the lining of your intestines and kidneys. Can you get this bacterium from eating raw meat dishes? | 323 (56) | 254 (44) |
| Campylobacteriosis (the most common cause of bacterial diarrhea and can cause stunting in children) could be transmitted through raw meat dishes | 293 (50.8) | 284 (49.2) |
| Do you have any information on the consequences of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that could be transmitted through food/raw meat? | 287 (49.7) | 290 (50.3) |
| Can contamination happen in an unclean grounding machine? | 501 (86.8) | 76 (13.2) |
| Do you know that traditional ways of preparing raw meat dishes are more dangerous than modern ways? | 346 (60) | 231 (40) |
| Do you know that the longer the preparation time the more it is likely to contaminate the meat? | 414 (71.8) | 163 (28.2) |
| Are there any food safety law/efforts in Lebanon that protects you as a consumer? | 323 (56) | 254 (44) |
| Total mean of correct answer: 16.99 ± 5.231 | ||