Penetrance of FSSA amongst Food Safety officers  (FSOs), milk vendors and consumers of Vadodara  district

J. E. Merlin Sasikala; Neha Gohil; Dr. Swati Parnami; Shruti Pradhan

Volume : III, Issue : VI, June - 2013

Penetrance of FSSA amongst Food Safety officers (FSOs), milk vendors and consumers of Vadodara district

J. E. Merlin Sasikala, Neha Gohil, Dr. Swati Parnami , Shruti Pradhan

Abstract :

Due to rise in food borne illnesses, governments all over the world are making efforts to enforce various food safety acts. In India, Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA) was implemented for strengthening the food safety system. The penetrance of some of the aspects of this act was studied among 12 Food safety officers (FSO), 30 milk vendors and 90 consumers of Vadodara district. The results revealed poor mean knowledge scores of FSOs and milk vendors (5–18%) regarding physical, chemical and microbial contaminants. Food Safety Education (FSE) ought 64.4 % rise in the mean knowledge scores of FSOs regarding physical, chemical, microbial contaminants and names of insecticides and heavy metals, 55 % and 56 % rise was seen in the mean knowledge scores of milk vendors about physical and chemical contaminants and about the FSS Act respectively.