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Table 3 Street food vendors facilities and food safety practices

From: Factors associated with food safety compliance among street food vendors in Can Tho city, Vietnam: implications for intervention activity design and implementation

Characteristics

Overall (n=400 [%])

Fixed (n=254 [%])

Mobile (n=146 [%])

p-value

Tables/cabinets were at least 60 cm height from the ground

363 (90.8)

238 (93.7)

125 (85.6)

0.035

Have enough clean water at vending site

296 (74.0)

234 (99.2)

62 (67.4)

0.000

Have handwashing facility (e.g. sink, bucket, or washbasin with soap)

164 (41.0)

121 (47.6)

43 (29.5)

0.000

Have origin information and invoice of raw food materials

139 (34.8)

107 (42.1)

32 (21.9)

0.000

Have waste bins with closed lids

340 (85.0)

236 (92.9)

104 (71.2)

0.000

Food handlers wear gloves during preparing and cooking food

205 (51.3)

159 (62.6)

46 (31.5)

0.000

Food handlers wear mask during selling

98 (24.5)

72 (28.4)

26 (17.8)

0.012

Food handlers wash hands during selling

271 (67.8)

187 (73.6)

84 (57.5)

0.000

Use separate chopstick, tongs to handle raw and cooked meat

231 (57.8)

162 (63. 8)

69 (47.3)

0.001

Use separate cutting boards for raw meat and cooked foods

160 (40.0)

118 (46.5)

42 (28.8)

0.000

Use separate containers to store raw and cooked foods

172 (43.0)

132 (52.0)

40 (27.4)

0.000

Use clean bags/boxes to package foods

330 (82.5)

218 (85.8)

112 (76.7)

0.016

Reuse cooking oil during selling

49 (22.4)

28 (18.7)

21 (30.4)

0.040

Apply storing food samples for inspectiona

17 (4.3)

15 (5.9)

2 (1.4)

0.022

  1. aThis requirement is not included in the ten-food safety and hygiene criteria. However, the Decision No. 1246/QD-BYT, 2017 requires food sellers to store food samples at 4-8oC for at least for 24 h for investigation purpose (if any), which is required for food service establishments