Food temperature knowledge and practice among food handlers at school canteens

Reducing the risk and occurrence of foodborne illness is a priority for the foodservice industries. Food handlers play an important role in preventing the occurrence of foodborne illness and meeting the objective of serving harmless food. This paper is to identify food temperature knowledge amongst food handlers in school canteens. This study had used pretest-posttest questionnaire approach. The respondents are amongst food handlers at school canteens. To choose the sample size, purposive sampling is use for collecting data. The data had been collected by using a structured questionnaire. Result shows that the pretest and posttest method are effective in which the training given had more input for food handlers on the knowledge and thus evade from food borne illness.