The Factors Associated with Food Safety Practices on Food Handlers in Primary School Canteens

Foodborne disease is one of the major health problems in the world wide as well as in Indonesia. Children are a group that is susceptible to this disease due to consuming unsafe foods because of their lack of knowledge. Unsafe food is identified from contamination of microorganism or chemical compounds. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with food safety practices on food handlers in primary school canteens in Yogyakarta City. This research was conducted using an observational analytic study with cross sectional design. Samples in this study were 109 food handlers from 60 primary schools in Yogyakarta City. The research results showed that there was no association between gender (p=0.327), age (p=0.144), level of education (p=0.718), experience (0.220), training (p=0.180), level of knowledge (p=0.143) with food safety practices on food handlers. There was an association between attitude (p=0.031) with food safety practices on food handlers in primary school canteens in Yogyakarta City.