Street foods in Accra, Ghana: how safe are they?

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the microbial quality of foods sold on streets of Accra and factors predisposing to their contamination. METHODS: Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from 117 street vendors on their vital statistics, personal hygiene, food hygiene and knowledge of foodborne...

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Main Authors: Patience Mensah, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Kwaku Owusu-Darko, Anthony Ablordey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002000700006&lng=en&tlng=en