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Abughoush M, Olaimat AN, Al-Holy MA, Al-Dabbas M, Alavi S, Maghaydah S, Choudhury I, Nour M, Abu - Ghoush L. Evaluation of food quality and safety parameters and food safety knowledge and practices of food handlers at fast foods restaurants at universities in Jordan during COVID-19. Heliyon 2023; 9:e18936. [PMID: 37600425 PMCID: PMC10432971 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
Abstract
The quality and the safety of the foods that are served at fast foods restaurants and their effect on the consumer health could become a matter of concern during COVID-19. Therefore, the objectives of this study were i) to evaluate the quality and safety of raw foods, suitability and availability of manufacturing places, physical facilities, drinking water and waste management system, and processing conditions, and ii) to assess the knowledge, attitudes, practices regarding food safety and hygienic practices among food handlers at fast foods restaurants in the different universities in Jordan during COVID-19. The study was conducted in 12 fast foods restaurants of 3 different universities in Jordan which are located in different places in Jordan. A desirable practice was given a score of one while no score will be allotted for an undesirable practice through using a standard questionnaire for all the food establishments. This was used to compare with the maximum score obtainable for that relevant operation and the percentage scores was calculated for each operation. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the data was performed to study the significant differences at P ≤ 0.05 in all the evaluated properties among the food establishments in the different universities. The results showed that low percentage scores were obtained with 68%, 75%, 32% and 56% for the production area, waste management, product evaluation (chemical, microbial) and food safety program application, respectively. Also, it was found that there were insignificant differences at P ≤ 0.05 among different food serving establishments in different universities in all the safety properties. This means that all the food establishments in all the universities suffer from the same problems with the same degree. As a conclusion, more work should be done to produce safe food in the different food establishments that were studied in the different universities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mahmoud Abughoush
- Science of Nutrition and Dietetics Program, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, P.O. Box 64141, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box 330127, Zarqa, 13133, Jordan
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box 330127, Zarqa, 13133, Jordan
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box 330127, Zarqa, 13133, Jordan
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- Science of Nutrition and Dietetics Program, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, P.O. Box 64141, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Jordan
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan
- Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, Zayed City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, P.O. Box 64141, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan
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Affiliation(s)
- Maher Al-Dabbas
- Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture; University of Jordan; Amman 11942 Jordan
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture; University of Jordan; Amman 11942 Jordan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture; Jerash University; Jerash Jordan
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- Hamadeh Resturants; 12 Tawfeq Kan'an Street, Bayader Wadi Alseer; Amman Jordan
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Al-Ismail K, Mehyar G, Al-Khatib H, Al-Dabbas M. Effect of microencapsulation of cardamom’s essential oil in gum Arabic and whey protein isolate using spray drying on its stability during storage. Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods 2015. [DOI: 10.3920/qas2014.0422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- K.M. Al-Ismail
- The University of Jordan, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Queen Rania Avenue, Amman, Jordan
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- The University of Jordan, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Queen Rania Avenue, Amman, Jordan
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- The University of Jordan, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Amman, Jordan
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- The University of Jordan, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Queen Rania Avenue, Amman, Jordan
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Abu-Ghoush M, Alavi S, Adhikari K, Al-Holy M, Al-Dabbas M. Sensory and Nutritional Properties of a Novel Cooked Extruded Lentils Analog. J FOOD PROCESS PRES 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/jfpp.12436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mahmoud Abu-Ghoush
- Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics; Faculty of Allied Health Sciences; Hashemite University; Zarqa 13115 Jordan
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- Department of Grain Science and Industry; Kansas State University; Manhattan KS
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- Department of Food Science and Technology; University of Georgia; Griffin GA
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics; Faculty of Allied Health Sciences; Hashemite University; Zarqa 13115 Jordan
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Technology; Faculty of Agriculture; The University of Jordan; Amman Jordan
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Affiliation(s)
- Mohammed I. Saleh
- Department Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
- Corresponding author. Phone: +962-6-5355000, ext. 22426
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Department Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Al-Dabbas M, Abu-Rmeileh NME. Needlestick injury among interns and medical students in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. East Mediterr Health J 2012; 18:700-6. [PMID: 22891516 DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.7.700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of needlestick injury (NSI) among interns and medical students as well as their knowledge of, attitude towards and their protective strategies against exposure to bloodborne pathogens. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 272 participants using a self-administered questionnaire. Just over 40% of the participants had experienced at least 1 NSI. Wound suturing was the most common cause of injury (33.5%), and the highest incidence (55.5%) was in the emergency room. Failure to report the injury to health representatives was recorded for 48.6% of NSIs. Only 46.7% of the interns had received the hepatitis B vaccine whereas most of the students (76.8%) had completed their vaccination schedule (P < 0.001). Participants were found to be at a high risk of NSIs and bloodborne infections.
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- M Al-Dabbas
- Department of Continuing Education, Al-Quds University Medical School, jerusa alem, West Bank, Palestine.
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