Table 4 Respondent's food safety practices
Statement | Responses n (%) | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Always | Often | Occasionally | Unanswered | Â |
D1. Do you wash your hands before touching unwrapped raw food? | 314 (78.3) | 77 (19.2) | 6 (1.5) | 4 (1.0) | 308 |
D2. Do you wash your hands after touching unwrapped raw food? | 315 (78.6) | 78 (19.4) | 4 (1.0) | 4 (1.0) | 311 |
D3. Do you wash your hands before touching unwrapped cooked food? | 335 (83.6) | 56 (14.0) | 5 (1.2) | 5 (1.2) | 330 |
D4. Do you wash your hands after touching unwrapped cooked food? | 310 (77.3) | 67 (16.7) | 14 (3.5) | 10 (2.5) | 296 |
D5. Do you use separate kitchen utensils to prepare cooked and raw food? | 253 (63.1) | 110 (27.4) | 33(8.2) | 5 (1.3) | 220 |
D6. Do you thaw frozen food at room temperature? | 246 (61.3) | 106 (26.4) | 42 (10.5) | 7 (1.8) | -204 |
| Â | TOTAL SCORE/FULL SCORE (%) | 1261/2371 (53.2) | |||