The evaluation of the effectiveness of routine restaurant inspections and education of food handlers: critical appraisal of the literature.

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Authors

Campbell E, Mathias RG, Riben PD, Wiens M

Affiliation

Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Abstract

Literature databases were scanned to locate articles pertaining to food handler education and restaurant inspection. Papers which met pre-established criteria, as described in the generic protocol produced by the Community Health Practice Guidelines Project (CHPG), were evaluated by standardized consideration of criteria. Studies were rated on a scale of one to three. There were eight papers related to the intervention of education, four papers dealing with the intervention of restaurant inspection, and one pertaining to both. the evidence presented in the papers regarding the effectiveness of food handler training in improving food establishment sanitation was weak, but it appeared that some training resulted in improved inspection scores. It appeared that inspections were beneficial, although it was not clear whether three or more inspections were better than two. No inspections appeared to result in worse inspection scores.

PMID
7987761

Publication types

Review; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't