Knowledge and Attitude of Consumers about Natural Food Toxins: A Case of Tertiary Students in the Volta Region of Ghana

Q3 Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control Pub Date : 2021-09-10 DOI:10.18502/jfqhc.8.3.7196

N. K. Kortei, P. Y. Atsugah, E. Letsyo, A. Abaka-Yawson, A. Boakye, C. Tettey, E. Essuman

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Abstract

Background: Natural Food Toxins (NFTs) are poisonous substances produced by the biological processes of living organisms. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of tertiary students of the Volta Region of Ghana about NFTs. Methods: During March to June 2020, semi-structured questionnaires were used to examine knowledge and attitudes about NFTs among 252 tertiary students from various institutions of the Volta Region of Ghana. Data were statistically analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 20.0. Results: A majority (90.48%) of students were aware of the NFTs. The male students showed significantly (p<0.05) greater knowledge than the females. Totally, 190 out of 252 (75.40%) respondents had prior-to-the-study knowledge about NFTs. Also, 245 out of 252 (97.22%) respondents desired to learn more about NFTs. Conclusion: From this study, it was observed that tertiary students from the various institutions in the Volta Region of Ghana had enough knowledge and attitude about NFTs; but there are still slight deficits in the knowledge of students about types of NFTs. Hence, there is a need for more sensitization of the subject among the students and throughout the general public.

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消费者对天然食物毒素的知识和态度:以加纳沃尔特地区的大学生为例

背景:天然食物毒素(Natural Food Toxins, nft)是生物体在生物过程中产生的有毒物质。本研究旨在评估加纳Volta地区大学生对nft的知识和态度。方法:在2020年3月至6月期间，使用半结构化问卷调查了来自加纳Volta地区各院校的252名大学生对nft的知识和态度。采用IBM SPSS Statistics version 20.0对数据进行统计学分析。结果:绝大多数(90.48%)的学生了解网络教育。男生的知识水平显著高于女生(p<0.05)。在252名受访者中，总共有190名(75.40%)在研究前对nft有了解。此外，252名受访者中有245名(97.22%)希望更多地了解nft。结论:从本研究中可以看出，来自加纳Volta地区各院校的大学生对nft有足够的知识和态度;但学生对nft类型的了解仍有轻微的不足。因此，有必要在学生和整个公众中更加敏感地认识这个问题。

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Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science

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1.50

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8 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control (J. Food Qual. Hazards Control) is an international peer-reviewed quarterly journal that aims at publishing of high quality articles involved in food quality, food hygiene, food safety, and food control which scientists from all over the world may submit their manuscript. This academic journal aims to improve international exchange of new findings and recent developments in all aspects of agricultural and biological sciences. This free of charge journal is published in both online and print forms and welcomes the manuscripts that fulfill the general criteria of novelty and scientific importance. Among the most significant objectives of Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control are to ensure that the articles reflect a wide range of topics regarding journal scopes; to do a fair, scientific, fast, as well as high quality peer-review process; to provide a wide and diverse geographical coverage of articles around the world; and to publish the articles having a trustable resource of scientific information for the audiences. The types of acceptable submissions include original article, review article, short communication, letter to the editor, case report, editorial, as well as book review. Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control is an official journal of Research Center for Food Hygiene and Safety, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.