Assessment Standard of Food Distributing Place : Case study of Bangkok Health and Services Technological College Canteens

Abstract

Standard assessment of food Distributing Place – a case study of Bangkok Health and Services Technological College canteens was a survey research aiming to 1. Acknowledge the level of food handlers in Bangkok Health and Services Technological College, 2. Audit food sanitation of canteens in Bangkok Health and Services Technological College, and 3. study contamination of diseases and poisonsous substances in the food in the canteens of Bangkok Health and Services Technological College. The results showed that, in term of knowledge, food handlers had knowledge on food sanitation and food sanitation regulation.For  the canteens, after training, the overall five-topic knowledge of food handlers was high. The results of food sanitation audit in Bangkok Health and Services Technological College found that, before the training, 100 percent of canteens had no standard. However food sanitation training, the result found that they have a good level standard at 100 percent The topic the canteens did not miss the standard was item 14, that was, the ice for consumption had to be clean, kept in a clean container with a lid and had to have ice tongs or ice scoops with, particular long handles and had to be place higher from the floor at least 60 centimeter. Item 22, that was, using trash bin with no leak and with a tight seal lid. Item 24, that was, no food scrap bucket and grease trap. In past of contamination of diseases and poisonous substances in food found that, before the food sanitation training, there had been detected contamination of colifrom bacteria, borax, and bleaching powder in food for 83.33 percent, 10 percent and 10 percent respectively. There was contamination of mold release afent and formalin in food. And after training food sanitation training found that there had been detected contamination of coliform bacteria in food 25 percent. There was no contamination of borax, bleaching powder, mold release agent and formalin in food.