Elsevier, Current Research in Food Science, Volume 4, January 2021
This study was conducted to assess the self-reported and observed food safety practices (FSP) of food handlers, who deliver food products that are prepared and cooked at home during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. 751 participated in the online survey who were selected using criterion sampling. A questionnaire developed by the researcher was used to gather data with Cronbach Alpha of 0.91. t-test, ANOVA, and Fleiss kappa were performed to treat data. There were no significant differences between self-reported FSP in four dimensions and demographic characteristics, except for age, where a significant difference exists between the FSP of the four age groups along food preparation (F = 4.530,ρ
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Adult; Age; Article; COVID-19 Pandemic; Commercial Phenomena; Controlled Study; Coronavirus Disease 2019; Female; Food Contamination; Food Industry; Food Processing; Food Safety; Health Education; Health Survey; Home; Human; Male; Middle Aged; Online Food Handlers; Online System; Pandemic; Personal Hygiene; Philippines; Pilot Study; Practice Guideline; Priority Journal; Protocol Compliance; Questionnaire; Sanitation; Self Report; Training; Asia