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Validation Of The Arabic Version Of The Food Safety And Hygiene Questionnaire Among Nutrition Student, Nada El Darra, Dina Cheaib, Leila Itani
Validation Of The Arabic Version Of The Food Safety And Hygiene Questionnaire Among Nutrition Student, Nada El Darra, Dina Cheaib, Leila Itani
BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing
There is shortage of data on food safety knowledge and practices among Lebanese food handlers due to the lack of a reliable tool. The aim of the current study is to determine the reliability as well as the validity of an adopted Arabic version of the Osaili et al (2013) food safety questionnaire. Translation and back translation and testing equivalence were done using standard accepted procedures. A total of 110 undergraduate Nutrition and Dietetics students completed the questionnaire consisting of five subscales that covers major food safety concepts including personal hygiene, safe storage, cross contamination prevention, knowledge of health problems …
Occurrence Of Escherichia Coli O157 In Ground Meatcommercialized In Lebanese Urban Cities, Michel Afram Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Lebanon, Joseph Touma Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Lebanon, Nada El-Darra Assistant Professor, Department Of Nutrition & Dietetics,Faculty Of Health Sciences,
Occurrence Of Escherichia Coli O157 In Ground Meatcommercialized In Lebanese Urban Cities, Michel Afram Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Lebanon, Joseph Touma Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Lebanon, Nada El-Darra Assistant Professor, Department Of Nutrition & Dietetics,Faculty Of Health Sciences,
BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing
Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli O157:H7) has been recognized as a major cause of diarrhea and hemolytic- uremic syndrome (HS). The consumption of raw or undercooked meat of bovine origin has been the most common mean of transmitting this organism. No screening of E.coli has been performed in the ground meat commercialized in the Lebanese market. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of E. coli serotype O157:H7 recovered from ground fresh raw meat collected from different butcheries in Lebanese Urban cities. A total of 73 samples of fresh ground meat was collected from Sin el …
The Effect Of Sectoral Fdi Onfood Security In Developingcountries., Mohamed Balouza Assistant Professor, Department Of Economics, Faculty Of Business Administration
The Effect Of Sectoral Fdi Onfood Security In Developingcountries., Mohamed Balouza Assistant Professor, Department Of Economics, Faculty Of Business Administration
BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing
Food security is an important need in developing countries. Many countries tried to attract external investment to improve the development and reduce the problem of hunger. Many types of research showed that not all foreign direct investments have the same effect on domestic welfare. Therefore, a question arises: how do capital flows affect the food security in the developing countries? In addition, how do these flows relate to the political situation and stability in the beneficiary countries? Based on the above, a research will be developed to redefine the definition of food security as a multidimensional concept also discovering different …