Article: Assessment of makeshift eateries' outdoor environment for food safety and location of potential intervention points guided by social practice theory Journal: International Journal of Environment and Health (IJENVH) 2023 Vol.11 No.1 pp.1 - 20 Abstract: The outdoor environments of 250 makeshift eateries in markets, Motor Parks, roadsides, Government offices and school areas in Nigeria were investigated for sanitary condition, occurrence of faecal coliforms (FC) and Salmonella; and potential intervention points for food safety based on the social practice theory (SPT) were identified. Variations occurred in the prevalence of refuse dumpsites, open/blocked gutters/drainages (0-84.0%) and housefly counts (32-69) in the eateries' surroundings. All these, including indoor/outdoor air, were sources of FC and Salmonella. Salmonella was isolated from rice meal in 42-48.4% of the eateries and was associated with eatery location (OR, 2.50-3.45; 95% CL, 0.92-5.76; P < 0.001). A link between Salmonella from outdoor and rice was indicated by their identical multiple antibiotics resistance index (t test, P > 0.05). Occurrence of FC and Salmonella in the makeshift eateries' environment and the poor sanitation know-how (39.6%) indicated by SPT guided analysis, showed that waste disposal practice is the intervention point for food safety assurance. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Assessment of makeshift eateries' outdoor environment for food safety and location of potential intervention points guided by social practice theory

Authors: Bernard O. Ejechi; Olubunmi O. Akpomie; Eucharia O. Ejechi

Addresses: Department of Microbiology, Delta State University, P. M. B. 1, Abraka, Nigeria ' Department of Microbiology, Delta State University, P. M. B. 1, Abraka, Nigeria ' Department of Sociology and Psychology, Delta State University, P. M. B. 1, Abraka, Nigeria

Abstract: The outdoor environments of 250 makeshift eateries in markets, Motor Parks, roadsides, Government offices and school areas in Nigeria were investigated for sanitary condition, occurrence of faecal coliforms (FC) and Salmonella; and potential intervention points for food safety based on the social practice theory (SPT) were identified. Variations occurred in the prevalence of refuse dumpsites, open/blocked gutters/drainages (0-84.0%) and housefly counts (32-69) in the eateries' surroundings. All these, including indoor/outdoor air, were sources of FC and Salmonella. Salmonella was isolated from rice meal in 42-48.4% of the eateries and was associated with eatery location (OR, 2.50-3.45; 95% CL, 0.92-5.76; P < 0.001). A link between Salmonella from outdoor and rice was indicated by their identical multiple antibiotics resistance index (t test, P > 0.05). Occurrence of FC and Salmonella in the makeshift eateries' environment and the poor sanitation know-how (39.6%) indicated by SPT guided analysis, showed that waste disposal practice is the intervention point for food safety assurance.

Keywords: makeshift eateries; environment; waste disposal practice; faecal coliform; Salmonella; social practice theory; SPT.

DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2023.135443

International Journal of Environment and Health, 2023 Vol.11 No.1, pp.1 - 20

Received: 21 Nov 2021
Received in revised form: 29 Sep 2022
Accepted: 12 Oct 2022
Published online: 13 Dec 2023 *

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