Food Safety Exam Phrasing for Food Service Employees

IF 2.1 4区农林科学 Q3 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Journal of food protection Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI:10.1016/j.jfp.2024.100323

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Abstract

In many jurisdictions, foodservice workers are required to obtain food handler certification via written examination before being able to work. This study investigated the effect of the readability, or the ease in which one can read and comprehend written text, of food handler exam questions on exam performance. It was hypothesized that the reduction in cognitive load by improving the readability of exam questions would lead to improved scores. Participants received training in personal hygiene and basic food safety and were tested on their knowledge using questions that were worded using the traditional phrasing and updated phrasing that has improved readability. The results indicate that improved readability had a significant difference in the personal hygiene section but not on the basic food safety section. These results are due, in part, to the types of cognitive load (intrinsic vs. extraneous) that are required to solve different types of problems.

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餐饮服务从业人员食品安全考试用语。

在许多司法管辖区，餐饮服务人员必须通过笔试获得食品操作员资格证书后才能上岗。本研究调查了食品操作员考试问题的可读性（即阅读和理解书面文字的难易程度）对考试成绩的影响。研究假设，通过提高试题的可读性来减轻认知负荷，从而提高考试成绩。参加者接受了个人卫生和基本食品安全方面的培训，并通过使用传统措辞和提高了可读性的最新措辞的试题对他们的知识进行了测试。结果表明，可读性的提高在个人卫生部分有显著差异，但在基本食品安全部分则没有。造成这些结果的部分原因是解决不同类型问题所需的认知负荷类型（内在与外在）。

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Journal of food protection 工程技术-生物工程与应用微生物

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

296

审稿时长

2.5 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Food Protection® (JFP) is an international, monthly scientific journal in the English language published by the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP). JFP publishes research and review articles on all aspects of food protection and safety. Major emphases of JFP are placed on studies dealing with: Tracking, detecting (including traditional, molecular, and real-time), inactivating, and controlling food-related hazards, including microorganisms (including antibiotic resistance), microbial (mycotoxins, seafood toxins) and non-microbial toxins (heavy metals, pesticides, veterinary drug residues, migrants from food packaging, and processing contaminants), allergens and pests (insects, rodents) in human food, pet food and animal feed throughout the food chain; Microbiological food quality and traditional/novel methods to assay microbiological food quality; Prevention of food-related hazards and food spoilage through food preservatives and thermal/non-thermal processes, including process validation; Food fermentations and food-related probiotics; Safe food handling practices during pre-harvest, harvest, post-harvest, distribution and consumption, including food safety education for retailers, foodservice, and consumers; Risk assessments for food-related hazards; Economic impact of food-related hazards, foodborne illness, food loss, food spoilage, and adulterated foods; Food fraud, food authentication, food defense, and foodborne disease outbreak investigations.