Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Food safety among food vendors engaged in Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Pankshin, Plateau State, Nigeria

The study was motivated by the need to look at the level of knowledge, attitude and safety practices among food vendors engaged in Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Pankshin LGA, Plateau State. The study was cross-sectional survey design that used a proportionate convenience sampling technique. A total of 86 food vendors were selected from a population of 287 registered. Data was collected by face to face interview using a structured, standardized questionnaire and an observational check list. The questionnaires were divided into four sections which are demographic, knowledge, attitudes and safety practices. All completed questionnaires were validated. Descriptive analyses were used for the data analysis, while, Chi-square was used to test at 0.05 level. Results showed that a high level of food safety knowledge observed among respondents (71.6%), while attitude towards food safety was moderate (57.5%). Food safety practices were above average (65.5%). There was no significant difference (p