• Dr. Mona Mehta
• Ashaka Shah
• Fatema Dahodwala
• Avani Panchal
• Hridishruti Saikia, Eliza Upadhyay

Food poisoning is a serious health problem. It can cause severe illness and even death. Food poisoning can seriously damage the reputation of a business, damage the reputation of a food industry and damage the jobs of many workers. A person has responsibility to handle food safely, whether they are a kitchen hand, a food process worker, a shop assistant or a waiter. Youth can be referred to as the time of life when one is young. This involves childhood, and the time of life which is neither childhood nor adulthood, but rather somewhere in between. Youth is an experience that may shape an individual’s level of dependency, which can be marked in various ways according to different cultural perspectives. The present study aims to assess the extent of knowledge and practices possessed by the youth regarding food safety and hygiene. The present study was conducted in The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. For the study 110 students were selected. Convenient sampling technique was adopted for selecting the sample. The findings of the study revealed that most of the youth had good knowledge and followed good practices on food safety.

Food Safety; Knowledge of food safety; Food safety practices.

"A STUDY ON ASSESSING KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES ADOPTED BY YOUTH WITH REGARDS TO FOODSAFETY AND HYGIENE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.38-46, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907M07.pdf

"A STUDY ON ASSESSING KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES ADOPTED BY YOUTH WITH REGARDS TO FOODSAFETY AND HYGIENE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp38-46, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907M07.pdf