Table 3.

Methods of child food contamination described during in-depth interviews, Bangladesh

Answers	No. informants* (n = 24) no. (%)
Dust/dirt touches food	18 (75)
Feeding child without washing hands with soap	11 (46)
Touching the food with dirty hands	9 (38)
Flies land on food	9 (38)
Stored food is not reheated properly	9 (38)
Leftover food is rotten and becomes contaminated	3 (13)
Animal licks/nibbles the food	3 (13)
Belief that a child's food will be contaminated if the child eats in the presence of non-family members	2 (8)
Vegetables are not washed properly before cooking	1 (4)

^*Multiple responses allowed.