The present study was conducted on 200 food handlers employed at restaurants with open-kitchens in Seoul to evaluate their food sanitation knowledge levels and practices. A majority of participants (88%) replied that open-kitchens are more hygienic than common kitchens due to the sanitary cooking process. The correct answer rate was 94.3% for sanitation of instruments and utensils and environmental sanitation, whereas food handling sanitation (66.8%) was ranked at the bottom among food sanitation knowledge. Total scores of food sanitation knowledge were significantly influenced by education level and ages of food handlers (p<0.001). Personal hygiene knowledge level of food handlers regarding institutional food service was higher than that of food handlers at restaurants and bakeries (p<0.001). Food sanitation practices scores showed significant differences in personal hygiene (p<0.001) and environmental sanitation (p<0.05) according to certificate possession. As the result of correlation analysis between food sanitation knowledge and practices, there was no significantly positive correlation, whereas a significant positive correlation was observed between knowledge of food handling and personal hygiene practices (p<0.05). The results show need for improvement in both knowledge and practice levels of open-kitchen food handlers. Consistent and customized food sanitation education program should be developed to protect against food poisoning at open-kitchen restaurants.
This study aimed at evaluating current sanitation management performances in Korean-Food restaurants by their operation types and to develop sanitary training posters based on the risk factors, in an attempt to improve the level of sanitation management in Korean food service facilities. Eighteen Korean-food restaurants that are managed by franchisor, franchisees as well as self-managed with large-scale and small-scale restaurants in Seoul and Gyeonggi-Do, were evaluated by on-the-spot inspectors with an auditing tool consisting of three dimensions, nine categories and thirty four items. Data were analyzed using SPSS. The total score of each group showed that restaurants managed by franchisees ranked the highest (59 out of 100 points), while self-managed, small-scale restaurants ranked the lowest (44 out of 100 points). In the categorization of sanitation management compliance, the dimensions of food hygiene during production recorded the lowest compliance rate of 47.7% (22.89/48.0 points) followed by the dimension of environmental hygiene 59.3% (20.17/34.0 points) and personal hygiene 60.5% (10.89/18.0 points). This indicated the need for urgent improvement. The items which showed the lowest compliance rates were 'proper thawing of frozen foods' (0%), 'notifying and observing heating/reheating temperature' (6%), 'using of hand-washing facility and proper hand-washing' (33%), 'monitoring temperature of frozen-foods and cold-foods' (35%), and 'prevention of cross-contamination' (36%) among thirty four items. Self-managed, small-scale restaurants, in particular, needed to improve sanitary practices such as 'sanitation education for employee', 'verifying the employee health inspection reports', 'storing food on the shelves 15 cm distance away from the wall', 'suitability of ventilation capacity of hoods' and 'cleanliness of drainage'. On the basis of the findings of this study, we developed sanitary training posters, especially for small-scale restaurant operators. This could be an effective tool to educate food service employees on sanitary knowledge and principles and could be used to improve the existing sanitary conditions in Korean food service facilities.
유전자재조합식품과 관련된 담당 총무원 및 기타 전문가들의 인지도출 조사하기 위해서 설문조사를 실시하였다. 응답자들을 근무년수별, 소속별, 업무별로 분류하였으며 설문지의 각 문항에 대한 결과는 위 분류별로 통계분석하여 빈도수 및 응답률로 나타내었다. 조사 결과, 유전자재조차식품에 대해 들어본 경험은 95% 이상으로 나타났으며, 유전자재조합식품의 혜택은 식량난 해결이라고 가장 만이 응답하였다. 유선자재조합식품의 표시에 대해서는 '90% 이상이 표시해야 한다' 또는 '가급적 표시해야 한다'로 응답하석 식품위생공무원 및 기타 전문가들은 유전자재조합 표시를 절실히 필요로 하고 있었으며 학력 수준 및 전문 수준이 높을수록 구입하여 먹을 의향이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 응답자 대부분은 근무년수별, 소속별, 업무별 구분에 상관없이 기본적인 지식은 있는 것으로 나타났으나 시·도 공무원 및 국립검역소 그룹은 다른 전문가 그룹에 비해서 유선자재조합식품에 대한 정보가 부족한 깃으로 나타났다. 유전자재조합식품에 대한 안전성 인식은 대제로 안전하다는 견해를 가지고 있었으나 20년 이상 근무자와 일반 행정 업무자는 다른 그룹에 비매시 안신하지 않거나 불안하다는 견해를 더 많이 나타냈다 식품의 안전성을 위협하는 가장 큰 요인은 ‘식품취급 부주의 및 취급 불량'으로 응답하였으며, 유전자재조합식품이 위협요인이라고 응답한 사람은 매우 적었나(4.4%). 결론적으로 유전자재조합식품 관련 공무원 및 기타 전문가들은 일반시민들에 비해서 섭취나 안전성에 보다 긍정적인 견해를 나타냈지만 생물학 지식에 대해서는 그룹별 차이가 있었으며 유전자재조한식품에 대한 민인업무 치리에 어려운 점을 겪고 있는 것으로 보아 관련 전문가들에게도 교육 및 홍보가 필요한 것으로 파악되었다
The purpose of this study was to evaluate food sanitation training program for the improvement of food service operation in day-care centers. Subjects consisted of 55(experimental) and 25(control) foodservice employees and 33(experimental) and 20(control)directors. The results of this study can be summarized as follow: 1. The majority of child care directors(55.0%(control), 46.9%(experimental)) received food sanitation education but 70% of control and 75.7% of experimental group did not conduct any practical sanitation training for employees. 2. The employee's food sanitary practices of control and experimental did not show any significant difference at the pre-test level but only the experimental group showed a significant improvement at the post-test level. 3. The sanitary knowledge of food service employees between two groups did not show any significant difference at the pre-test level, but a significant knowledge improvement was observed at the post-test level such as food poisoning concepts and sanitary equipment maintenance only in experimental group. 4. Dicrectors' sanitary practices affected the employees' sanitary practices but directors' food sanitary knowledge did not have much influence on the employees' knowledge.
The purpose of this study were to investigate opinions on the contents and method of the educational public information of food sanitation, to enrich education of food sanitation for consumer. Data of questionnaires were collected from 78 consumer protection association and 66 food industrial company. The results of the study were summarized as follows; The educational public contents of food sanitation appropriated is remarked as a basic knowledge in a safety of food (an additive, an agricultural medicines) and in nutrition and sanitation. The effective method of public information is suggested as a TV, Radio, utilization of periodicals and pamphlet. The crucial problem of the imported food surveyed in the consumer protection association is an agricultural medicines and a heavy metal. In the food industrial company, it is remarked that the problem occurs in deposit and storage of food from the standpoint of sanitation. Finally, improvement of sanitary condition in food selling place is suggested.