Table 2a.
Food safety knowledge scores of OFSP purée handlers before and after food safety training (N = 14).
| Food Safety Questions | Before Training |
After Training |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correct Answers (%) | Wrong Answers (%) | Correct Answers (%) | Wrong Answers (%) | |
| 1) Microorganisms in food cause both food spoilage and foodborne diseases | 92.9 | 7.1 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| 2) Food safety hazards are broadly classified into physical, chemical and biological hazards. | 85.7 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| 3) Everyone is responsible for food safety | 78.6 | 21.4 | 92.9 | 7.1 |
| 4) We should always wash our hands with soap before and after handling sweetpotato roots and purée, after visiting the toilet, after touching or scratching our nose, skin, and mouth and after touching or using our mobile phones | 78.6 | 21.4 | 85.7 | 14.3 |
| 5) Microbes are on skin, mouth, and nose of healthy sweetpotato purée handlers | 78.6 | 21.4 | 92.9 | 7.1 |
| 6) Equipment for sweetpotato purée processing should always be cleaned and sanitized after processing | 50.0 | 50.0 | 78.6 | 21.4 |
| 7) Personal protective clothing/gear includes apron, hairnets and clean closed shoes | 85.7 | 14.3 | 92.9 | 7.1 |
| 8) To wash hands, I should: Use soap; Scrub my hands and remove dirt from my fingernails for at least 20 s; and rinse under running tap water | 64.3 | 35.7 | 85.7 | 14.3 |
| 9) Working with rings, necklaces and watches is allowed in purée processing | 85.7 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| 10) Processing of sweetpotato purée can be done on dirty equipment | 85.7 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| 11) Fresh sweetpotato roots can be stored together with processed purée | 92.9 | 7.1 | 92.9 | 7.1 |
| 12) I must report to the manager immediately in case I experience signs of a disease such as vomiting and diarrhea | 78.6 | 21.4 | 92.9 | 7.1 |
| 13) I can smoke, chew or drink while handling sweetpotato roots and the purée | 78.6 | 21.4 | 85.7 | 14.3 |
| 14) Use of mobile phones is allowed while handling sweetpotato and processed purée | 85.7 | 14.3 | 92.9 | 7.1 |
| 15) I can handle sweetpotato and processed purée with an open wound from a hand injury, boil or skin infection | 85.7 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| 16) I should report to work when I am clean and presentable | 85.7 | 14.3 | 85.7 | 14.3 |
| 17) Blowing my nose and coughing is allowed while handling sweetpotato and the purée | 71.4 | 28.6 | 92.9 | 7.1 |