FOOD SAFETY SITUATION, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AMONG FOOD SELLER IN THE FLEA MARKETS, PHITSANULOK PROVINCE

Abstract

The research was food safety situation, knowledge, attitude among food seller in the flea markets, Phitsanulok province. The purposes of research were to 1) To study the situation of contaminants in food That are sold at the flea market 2) Study the level of knowledge and attitude of food stall operators at flea markets. 3) Study the relationship between personal factors and entrepreneurs' knowledge and attitudes towards contaminants by used  descriptive research. Research population was stall operators selling food at a flea market. Sample size was consisted of 342 people sampling method purposive sampling. The instrument used in this research were 1) questionnaire 2) contaminant test kit: borax, formalin, sodium hydrosulfide, salicylic acid, and polar. Data analyzed by 1) Descriptive data 2) Statistical analysis, Statistics used in data analysis Including Chi-square test.

The results found that Knowledge of food contaminants was at a high level. Had an average of 7.09 points (S.D.=1.81) The attitude towards food contaminants was at a high level. The mean is 26.91 points (S.D.=3.88). Relationship between personal variables and attitudes. Correlate with education level and self-income Statistically significant at the 0.05 level (p=.39, p=.31). The results of the food inspection by using a preliminary test for five types of contaminants showed that the standardized food was not contaminated with an average of 97.96%