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Research Brief| Volume 48, ISSUE 10, P730-734.e1, November 01, 2016

Compliance With Recommended Food Safety Practices in Television Cooking Shows

Published:August 28, 2016DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2016.08.002
Compliance With Recommended Food Safety Practices in Television Cooking Shows
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      Abstract

      Objective

      Examine compliance with recommended food safety practices in television cooking shows.

      Methods

      Using a tool based on the Massachusetts Food Establishment Inspection Report, raters examined 39 episodes from 10 television cooking shows.

      Results

      Chefs demonstrated conformance with good retail practices for proper use and storage of utensils in 78% of episodes; preventing contamination (62%), and fingernail care (82%). However, 50% to 88% of episodes were found to be out of compliance with other personal hygiene practices, proper use of gloves and barriers (85% to 100%), and maintaining proper time and temperature controls (93%). Over 90% failed to conform to recommendations regarding preventing contamination through wiping cloths and washing produce. In only 13% of episodes were food safety practices mentioned.

      Conclusions and Implications

      There appears to be little attention to food safety during most cooking shows. Celebrity and competing chefs have the opportunity to model and teach good food safety practices for millions of viewers.

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      Article Info

      Publication History

      Published online: August 28, 2016
      Accepted: August 2, 2016

      Footnotes

      Conflict of Interest Disclosure: The authors' conflict of interest disclosures can be found online with this article on www.jneb.org.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2016.08.002

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