Table 5 Assessments of beef meat vendor’s handling practices and surrounding environments of retail outlets, Assosa Town, 2018 (n=35)
Characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Cleaning status of meat contact surface, equipment or tables | ||
Protected well | 8 | 22.9 |
Unprotected | 27 | 77.1 |
Food handlers (butchers) in retail shops wear gowns appropriately? | ||
Yes | 10 | 28.6 |
No | 25 | 71.4 |
Food handlers (butchers) in retail shops wear a hairnets? | ||
Yes | 8 | 22.9 |
No | 27 | 77.1 |
Finger nails of the meat handlers? | ||
Clean & trimmed | 9 | 25.7 |
Not trimmed & unclean | 27 | 74.3 |
The carcass is stored and kept properly in refrigerator? | ||
Yes | 2 | 5.7 |
No | 33 | 94.3 |
If any contact of the carcass with the bare hands of the butchers? | ||
Yes | 35 | 100 |
No | - | - |
Is their proper solid /liquid/ waste storage receptacle near the vending site? | ||
Not available | 30 | 85.7 |
Available (proper) | 3 | 8.6 |
Available but improperly | 2 | 5.7 |
Is the vending area with cleaned floor, wall and adequate lighting? | ||
Yes | 15 | 42.9 |
No | 20 | 57.1 |
Is the carcass in retail shops (outlets) easily exposed to harbor vectors such as flies? | ||
Yes | 29 | 82.9 |
No | 6 | 17.1 |
Is there any discharging from vender nose, eye, ear or cough during visit | ||
Observed | 3 | 8.6 |
No Observed | 32 | 91.4 |
Vendors handling money when vending the raw meat? | ||
Yes | 29 | 82.9 |
No | 6 | 17.1 |
What look like the general hygiene situation of retail shop? | ||
Clean (Satisfactory) | 11 | 31.4 |
Not clean (Un satisfactory) | 24 | 68.6 |