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COGNITIVE EVALUATION AS A FOOD SAFETY TOOL – A FOOD HANDLER CASE STUDY
Author(s) -
Latorres Juliana Machado,
Rancatti Aline,
Lasta Daiane,
Queiroz Maria isabel,
MittererDaltoé Marina leite
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/jfs.12268
Subject(s) - food safety , context (archaeology) , perception , harm , cognition , food industry , workload , psychology , set (abstract data type) , marketing , agriculture , business , applied psychology , public relations , medicine , computer science , food science , social psychology , political science , paleontology , chemistry , pathology , neuroscience , biology , programming language , operating system , ecology
This research aimed to evaluate the perception of professionals and future professionals in the food industry on concepts related to food safety. Therefore, we conducted a course to evaluate knowledge and perception of issues related to food safety by the cognitive word association technique, with total workload of 24 hours. The target audience was made up of two distinct groups, one consisting of 52 cooks responsible for handling of school meals at public schools and another formed by 73 students from public agricultural technical school. For data collection, self‐administered surveys were applied, before and after the capacitation course. The results revealed word association technique as an important tool to evaluate the perception of issues related to food safety and reinforced the importance of constant participation and improvement of the professionals in the food industry. Practical Applications Food safety focuses on ensuring that food will not cause harm to health when prepared or consumed. It is associated with a set of rules and techniques needed to ensure food safety in all stages of the food chain, in this context, it is important that the knowledge on issues related to food safety is the first step in its pursuit.