A Cross-Sectional Survey of Consumers’ Risk Perception and Hygiene of Retail Meat: A Nigerian Study
Ismail Ayoade Odetokun, Baasim O. Borokinni, Samiat D. Bakare, Ibraheem Ghali-Mohammed, Nma Bida Alhaji
Abstract
Consumers' perception of food safety risk could influence their food consumption habits. This questionnaire-based (n = 327) cross-sectional study assessed consumers' attitudes about and perception of retail meat risk. Also, the hygiene of meat display tables (n = 105) and retail meat (n = 107) sold to consumers was determined using total aerobic plate count and total coliform count.
Topics & Concepts
HygieneCross-sectional studyBusinessPerceptionEnvironmental healthRisk perceptionFood scienceMedicinePsychologyBiologyPathologyNeuroscienceFood Safety and Hygiene