• Mr.Iranna Arjun Kajagar

A study was conducted on 100 food handlers, who are working in government schools of Vadodara city. The objectives of the study were, to assess the knowledge regarding practices of food hygiene among food handlers, to find out the association between the knowledge and selected socio-demographic variables, and to develop an informational booklet. The research approach was descriptive and the research design was descriptive survey design. Stratified random sampling technique was used. Data was collected by structured knowledge questionnaire and analyzed in terms of both descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and chi-square. The major findings of the indicated that maximum number of subjects 40(40%) were in the age group of 40-50 years, all the subjects 100(100%) were females, maximum number of subjects 43(43%) belongs to Muslim religion. majority of the subjects 33 (33%) were Illiterate, maximum subjects 59(59%) had 1-5 year of experience, all subjects 100(100%) were married, More of the subjects 100(100%) were not trained. Maximum number of subjects 54(54%) had average knowledge, 26(26%) had poor knowledge and 20(20%) subjects were had good knowledge about practices of food hygiene. And there is a statistically significant association found between Age, Religion. Education, year of experience with knowledge score regarding practices of food hygiene at the 0.05 level of significance.

FOOD HYGIENE, FOOD HANDLERS

"“ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PRACTICES OF FOOD HYGIENE AMONG FOOD HANDLERS OF SELECTED GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS OF VADODARA CITY WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOP AN INFORMATIONAL BOOKLET”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.g604-g610, June-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106901.pdf

"“ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PRACTICES OF FOOD HYGIENE AMONG FOOD HANDLERS OF SELECTED GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS OF VADODARA CITY WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOP AN INFORMATIONAL BOOKLET”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no. ppg604-g610, June-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106901.pdf