Food safety knowledge and practices of hospitality management students a questionnaire based study in Turkey

Abstract

The aim of this study is to review the hospitality management departments students knowledge of food safety, their attitude towards safe food production and the adequacy of their levels of personal hygiene. In order to complete this task, 196 hospitality management students studying tourism at one Turkish university were put to a survey. The results of this survey indicate that the hospitality management students lack the correct knowledge in regards to food safety but their attitude towards safe food production was found to be positive and their levels of personal hygiene were found to be adequate.