Determinants of food safety behaviour among food vendors: the case of Nigeria
ISSN: 0007-070X
Article publication date: 29 April 2021
Issue publication date: 2 November 2021
Abstract
Purpose
To investigate the relationship between food safety knowledge, food safety attitudes, the accessibility of sanitation facilities, perceived economic and social constraints and food safety practices among food vendors of higher institutions of learning in Bauchi State, Nigeria.
Design/methodology/approach
A purposive sampling method was used to select 6 out of 13 public higher institutions of learning in the state and a random sampling method was used in selecting 181 food vendors from the list of 342 food vendors in the 6 institutions. Face-to-face survey interviews were carried out between June–September 2018 completing a structured questionnaire.
Findings
The result of the structural equation model revealed that food safety knowledge, food safety attitudes and economic and social control affected the food safety behaviour of the food vendors. Inaccessibility to sanitation facilities affected food safety behaviour negatively.
Practical implications
Appropriate measures to improve the food safety behaviour of food vendors in higher institutions of learning could include, for example, food safety training that could increase food safety knowledge and awareness, as well as improved access to sanitation facilities at vending sites.
Originality/value
There is no previous study that investigates the relationship between food safety knowledge, food safety attitudes, social and economic constraints, access to sanitation facilities and the food safety behaviour of food vendors in higher educational institutions in Nigeria.
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Acknowledgements
The study was funded by the Internal Grant Agency of the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Project Number 20195008. The authors would like to appreciate the support of Abbas Shehu of Agro-meteorological station for conducting the questionnaire pre-test survey for the research and Abubakar Suleiman of the Faculty of Management Technology both from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, for data analysis guidance. Lastly, institutions of higher education in Bauchi state for their co-operation, as well as the government of Bauchi State at large.
Citation
Madaki, M.Y. and Miroslava, B. (2021), "Determinants of food safety behaviour among food vendors: the case of Nigeria", British Food Journal, Vol. 123 No. 12, pp. 3857-3875. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-02-2020-0143
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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