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This study was to investigate the correlations among the
food sanitation of the lunch-box and the workers'' food
sanitation knowledge, attitude & practice, demographic data and
self-management sanitation. This study chose sixty larger lunch-
box plants in Kaohsiung area as the samples, each plants was
sampled 2lunch-boxes, and gave a questionnaire about demographic
data, food sanitationknowledge, attitude & practice to the
workers and their manaagers. Each lunch-box plant filled in 5
questionnaires. We got 297 complete effective questionn-aires,
including 58 from managers and 239 from workers. Thr rate of
response was 99%. According to the SAS analyses, the average
score for both the bossesand the employees of the food
sanitation knowledge section was 82.2%. Secondlyon the attitude
about food sanitation section the workers average score was
82.6%. Thirdl, the average score for the food sanitation
practice section of the workers was 78.1%. According to the
self-management sanitation inspectivesheet of the lunch-box
plants we investigated the self-management sanitation and
sampled 540 environmental samples including the workers'' hands
and the outside parts of the mouth, the plates, the knives and
cutting boards for theraw and ripe foods for the microbiological
tests. We obtained the following seven analytical outcomes using
SAS softwares.1.The total bacterium counts of the lunch-box
products passed the reference standard (<10^5 c.f.u./g), using
the t-test and logistic regression, and it''s correlated with
workers'' food sanitation knowledge, attitude, practice and the
self-management sanitation of the lunch-box plants(p<0.05).2.The
total coliform bacterium of the lunch-box products passed the
standard (<10 MPN/g), using the t-test, and it''s correlated
woth workers'' food sanitation attitude and the self-management
sanitation of the lunch-box plants(p<0.05).3.The workers''
demographic profile, including education level, age, whether
they graduated from food related departments and whether they
recevied regular health checks, has a correlation with the
workers'' food sanitation knowledge, attitude, and practice
using the Anova test, Scheffe''s test and t-test(p<0.05).4.The
workers smoking habits are correlated with their food sanitation
practice using the Anova test(p<0.05).5.The workers'' level of
satisfaction with their current occupations and the reasons
for their enagement in the jobs has a correlation with the
workers'' food sanitation attitude by the Anova test(p<0.05).6.
The workers'' food sanitation knowledge, attitude, practice and
the self management sanitation of the lunch-box plants are
correlated woth one another using the Pearson-correlation test
and mutiple logistic regression(p<0.05).7.The self-management
sanitation of the lunch-box plants, has correlation with both
the total bacterium counts and the total coliform counts of the
workers'' sanitation, kitchen utensils and dinner sets using
regression analysis(p<0.05). From the above research, I''d
like to suggest that the health units strengthen the health
education for those who are older and have a lower education
level. The lunch-box plants should take steps to improve the
production lines such asseparting the raw from the ripe cooking
areas to avoid cross contamination; Moreover, to enhance the
workers'' cooking sanitation, they should avoid mixeduse of the
raw and ripe knives and cutting boards. This will help maintain
the foodsanitation of the lunch-box foods and ensure the health
of our citizens.
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