Background: Foodstuff safety hygiene plays a vital role in the health of humans. Therefore, studying foodstuff production and finding suitable methods to control foodstuff contamination is an urgent issue. Objectives: (1) To evaluate various factors of foodstuff contamination in food services and households in Hoan Kiem and Tay Ho districts of Ha Noi. (2) To discover the knowledge, attitude and practices of foodstuff hygiene of the people who process food. Subject and method: A descriptive epidemiology study that included 34 restaurants, 31 kindergartens and 72 households in the 2 districts of Hanoi. Results: The environmental hygiene in foodstuffs service spots and in the families does not fully satisfy the requirements of foodstuffs safety hygiene. Knowledge, attitude and practice of foodstuffs hygiene of the people who process food in Hoan Kiem and Tay Ho districts are not good. Conclusion: It is very necessary to strengthen the knowledge for co-operating practice guidance of basic foodstuffs safety hygiene for people. Food services, kindergartens, etc\u2026 must have training certificate of foodstuff safety hygiene.
Foodstuff safety hygiene ; foodstuff contamination