TY  - JOUR
AB  - Reports on an evaluation of the food safety behaviour of 108 consumers conducted using direct observation and temperature measurements. Finds that safe cooking practices were used by the majority of consumers, although more than half of the participants cooked well in advance of consumption and few used any method to speed the cooling of cooked food. Some consumers used potentially unsafe practices such as transporting and storing food at the wrong temperature, holding cooked food at ambient temperature for prolonged periods and inadequate re‐heating. Identifies great potential for indirect and direct cross‐contamination during the preparation of food. Notes some disparity between observed food safety behaviour and self‐reported food handling practices.
VL  - 99
IS  - 3
SN  - 0007-070X
DO  - 10.1108/00070709710168932
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00070709710168932
AU  - Worsfold Denise
PY  - 1997
Y1  - 1997/01/01
TI  - Food safety behaviour in the home
T2  - British Food Journal
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 97
EP  - 104
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -