A Systematic Literature Review of Produce Safety Training Research: Do We Know What Works?

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

Journal of food protection Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI:10.1016/j.jfp.2025.100491

Karen McGilvery , Emily Johnson , Amy Pezoldt , Angela Fraser , Amarat Simonne , Kimberly Wiley

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Abstract

Nearly half (46%) of all foodborne disease outbreaks are attributed to eating contaminated produce. Produce safety training is one approach used to decrease the risk of produce-related foodborne disease. However, it is not conclusively known if such training works. Our two study objectives were to determine: (1) how produce safety training is evaluated and (2) which training approaches improved practices. This systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Using three categories of key terms (intervention, facility, and qualifier words), five databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles. Results were screened according to a priori criteria. A total of 21 articles were included: only nine evaluated training implemented by the authors. Over half (n = 15) measured knowledge, attitudes, and skills change. Only one was designed to demonstrate true cause and effect between training and produce safety practices. Few published studies evaluate the effect of produce safety training on produce growers, indicating that there are challenges in conducting such evaluations. Proper evaluation is imperative for demonstrating the importance of produce safety training at reducing the risk of foodborne disease.

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对生产安全培训研究的系统文献回顾：我们知道什么是有效的吗？

近一半（46%）的食源性疾病暴发归因于食用受污染的农产品。农产品安全培训是用于降低与农产品有关的食源性疾病风险的一种方法。然而，这种训练是否有效还没有定论。我们的两个研究目标是确定：(1)如何评估生产安全培训和(2)哪些培训方法改进了实践。本系统评价遵循系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目（PRISMA）指南。使用三大类关键术语（干预、设施和修饰词），在五个数据库中搜索同行评议的文章。根据先验标准筛选结果。共纳入了21篇文章：只有9篇文章评估了作者实施的培训。超过一半（n=15）测量了知识、态度和技能的变化。只有一个是用来证明培训和生产安全实践之间真正的因果关系。很少有已发表的研究评估农产品安全培训对农产品种植者的影响，这表明进行此类评估存在挑战，必须进行适当的评估，以证明农产品安全培训在降低食源性疾病风险方面的重要性。

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来源期刊

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.