Status quo and influencing factors of food safety KAP among farm product market staff in Yangpu District, Shanghai

ObjectiveTo ascertain the status of food safety KAP(knowledge, attitude and practice), investigating its influencing factors among staff of farm product market in Yangpu District of Shanghai, so as to provide scientific evidence for making effective intervention strategy.

MethodsSurvey was done with self-designed questionnaires on food KAP in randomly selected 368 staff of farm product market, its influencing factors being analyzed.

ResultsOf all the staff interviewed, 113(30.7%) were aware of food safety, with an average rate of 45.4%, Logistic regression analysis revealed that the awareness rate of food safety knowledge was influenced by education level and training experience, and the differences were statistically significant (Wald χ² value was respectively 23.922 and 15.527, P < 0.05).In the survey, 71.5% staff were willing to have training, 39.7% "chose to take rest when having symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea", and 91.8%-94.0% staff developed good behaviors and habits of often washing hands and not smoking in the workplace.Television and radio were preferred ways for the staff to acquire food safety knowledge, which 63.9% of them chose.

ConclusionThe awareness rate of food safety among the staff of farm product market of Yangpu District is low.Increasing training experience can effectively improve the awareness rate of the staff.Emphasis should be placed on the low-educated.Relevant institutions should continue to strengthen cooperation with the public media to popularize food safety knowledge.