Consumer food safety knowledge and self-reported behaviour of respondents from multicultural backgrounds residing in Cardiff, UK.

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Participants' Information Sheet

It is increasingly becoming important to ensure food safety, since by consuming unhealthy and unsafe food people are suffering from food-borne illness. Therefore it is important to identify appropriate ways, which are necessary for ensuring food safety. It was estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) that approximately 2.2 million people are killed each year due to food-borne diseases. In the UK around 1 million people are suffering from food-borne illness, due to which the economy has to bear a cost of £2 billion annually.

Food-borne pathogens cause great threat and risk to food safety; therefore, it is essential to inform people about the negative impacts of food-borne diseases and simultaneously determine effective ways that are vital in ensuring food safety. Consequently this study will help consumers to adopt preventive strategies to eat healthy and safe food, as many people are not aware of the consequences of unsafe food.

Most of the consumers in UK lack the knowledge about food safety and hence the study will provide them with significant knowledge about the matter to live a better and healthy life. Thus, the research is aimed at exploring the awareness and knowledge that consumers have about food safety and food-borne diseases and how they can be prevented and the ways through which consumers can avoid cross contamination.

You are requested to fill in the following questionnaire. The study will be anonymous; this ascertains that you are not required to specify your name and you have the right to refuse to complete the questionnaire.

This study is conducted by name, who studies at university name for the purpose of carrying out research for the dissertation of course nameI assure you that the information provided by you will be kept confidential and will be used for academic purposes only.

This questionnaire is about consumer food safety, preparation, and storage of food. If you have any further knowledge about this particular subject we would be happy if you could write about it in the box below.

Please put a tick (v) in the appropriate brackets.

Name: _________________________________

Age (in years):Below20 ( ) 20 - 35( ) 35 - 50 ( ) Above 50 ( )

Gender:Male Female

Educational Profile: No educational certificates, GCSE's, A levels, HND, Graduate, Post Graduate.

No educational certificates GCSEs

A levels Higher National Diploma Graduate or EquivalentPost Graduate

Did your education involve food hygiene? Yes/No

Yes No

Do you work in a food related Industry? Yes/No

Yes No

Catering:

Where do you work?

Food production industries

Non-food consuming industries

Retail:

What do you work as?

Caterer

Retails

Cleaning

Managers/Directors

Admin/customer service

Other types of food industry?

Please, specify_______________________________________________________

Section 1: General Food Safety

How can you ensure to avoid sickness from food:

By cleaning and sanitizing cutting boards after using it for cutting raw chicken

Using a pair of tongs for serving chicken

You should use a cutting board to cut raw chicken and then cut lettuce for salad

Are you aware of food borne pathogens

Yes/No

If yes to question 2 do you think it ...