title: A survey of the attitudes and perceptions of food service operators in the Hamilton-Wentworth Region.
abstract: Questionnaires were mailed to 500 food service operators in the Hamilton-Wentworth Region: 271 operators responded to the survey. The survey assessed the operators' perception of health inspection services; their knowledge of food handling procedures; their attitude toward evening inspections and their understanding of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point inspections. The results indicate that the majority of the operators perceive the Public Health Inspector (PHI) to be helpful and informed. Overall, the operators appear informed on correct food handling procedures. The findings also suggest that the operators did not support night time inspections and knew nothing about Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point inspections. Lastly, operators reported that they consider PHIs to be health educators and monitors as opposed to law enforcers.
authors.affiliation: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D005511:Food Handling / Q000592:standards; D005513:Food Inspection; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D011361:Professional Competence; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012147:Restaurants / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000078329:Workforce