Authors : Nilima Bhoyar (Tingre)
Page Nos : 255-266
Description :
Food is the most complex part of the environment to which human population is
exposed to variety of contaminants. "Access to safe food and nutritionally adequate is the right
of every individual" declares WHO (2002). Academic qualification builds the ability of an
individual to seek knowledge, understand and perform his task efficiently. Education is directly
related to knowledge regarding pathogens that caused food-borne illnesses. The total sample
therefore consists of 700 workers including 350 from Nagpur and 350 from Akola city. From
the present study it is concluded that maximum per centage of food handlers both from Akola
(42%) and Nagpur (52.29%) were educated up to high school level. Comparatively few food
handlers from Nagpur as well as Akola were diploma holder in Hotel management or catering
business or graduates. The variability in education was 39.99 per cent and 37.74 per cent for
Nagpur and Akola food handlers, respectively. The food handlers working in Nagpur and Akola
were at par and did not differ in education. They were more or less educated equally. The ‘Z’
value (0.562) of mean differences was observed to be non-significant. It has proved that the
food handlers working in Nagpur and Akola were at par and did not differ in education. They
were more or less educated equally.
