Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versus safety
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Resumo: | Our paper emphasizes the importance of the kitchen layout in facilitating consumers' food hygiene practices. A significant correlation was found between the sink placement (inside or outside the kitchen) and hygienic practices during food handling based on a survey performed on consumers from ten European countries, indicating that those who had the sink in the kitchen were more likely to perform proper hygiene practices than those who have not. The self-reported practices were supported by observed practices in 64 households from five European countries. The observational study combined with the examination of kitchen layouts revealed that the kitchen work triangle with its apexes represented by the kitchen sink, cooking stove and refrigerator, which is recommended for ergonomic reasons by architects and designers, did not necessarily support food hygiene practices in kitchens. Cross-contamination events were associated with the sink – countertop distances longer than 1 m. Based on this, a new kitchen triangle with its apexes represented by the kitchen sink, working place (usually countertop) and cooking stove, with the distance between the sink and the working place less than 1 m is proposed to be used as norm in kitchen designs for combining ergonomics with safety. This triangle is proposedly named the food safety triangle and is aimed to mitigate the risks of foodborne illnesses by creating an arrangement that facilitates hygiene practices. This study is the first to highlight the importance of implementing the concept of food safety in the kitchen design based on significant correlations between kitchen equipment placement and consumers’ food safety practices. |
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Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versus safetyFood safety triangleKitchen work triangleCross-contaminationSinkHand washingOur paper emphasizes the importance of the kitchen layout in facilitating consumers' food hygiene practices. A significant correlation was found between the sink placement (inside or outside the kitchen) and hygienic practices during food handling based on a survey performed on consumers from ten European countries, indicating that those who had the sink in the kitchen were more likely to perform proper hygiene practices than those who have not. The self-reported practices were supported by observed practices in 64 households from five European countries. The observational study combined with the examination of kitchen layouts revealed that the kitchen work triangle with its apexes represented by the kitchen sink, cooking stove and refrigerator, which is recommended for ergonomic reasons by architects and designers, did not necessarily support food hygiene practices in kitchens. Cross-contamination events were associated with the sink – countertop distances longer than 1 m. Based on this, a new kitchen triangle with its apexes represented by the kitchen sink, working place (usually countertop) and cooking stove, with the distance between the sink and the working place less than 1 m is proposed to be used as norm in kitchen designs for combining ergonomics with safety. This triangle is proposedly named the food safety triangle and is aimed to mitigate the risks of foodborne illnesses by creating an arrangement that facilitates hygiene practices. This study is the first to highlight the importance of implementing the concept of food safety in the kitchen design based on significant correlations between kitchen equipment placement and consumers’ food safety practices.ElsvierRepositório da Universidade de LisboaMihalache, Octavian AugustinMøretrø, TrondBorda, DanielaDumitrascu, LoredanaNeagu, CorinaNguyen-The, ChristopheMaitre, IsabelleDidier, PierrineTeixeira, PaulaJunqueira, LuisTruninger, MonicaIzsó, TeklaKasza, GyulaSkuland, Silje ElisabethLangsrud, SolveigNicolau, Anca Ioana2021-07-26T14:46:53Z20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/49123engJournal pre-proof of: Mihalache, O.A., Møretrø, T., Borda, D., [..] Junqueira L., Truninger M. et al (2021). Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versussafety. Food Control (Available online 17 July 2021, 108433), DOI 10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.1084330956-713510.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108433info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:52:44Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/49123Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:00:51.008627Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versus safety |
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Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versus safety |
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Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versus safety Mihalache, Octavian Augustin Food safety triangle Kitchen work triangle Cross-contamination Sink Hand washing |
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Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versus safety |
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Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versus safety |
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Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versus safety |
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Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versus safety |
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Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versus safety |
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Mihalache, Octavian Augustin |
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Mihalache, Octavian Augustin Møretrø, Trond Borda, Daniela Dumitrascu, Loredana Neagu, Corina Nguyen-The, Christophe Maitre, Isabelle Didier, Pierrine Teixeira, Paula Junqueira, Luis Truninger, Monica Izsó, Tekla Kasza, Gyula Skuland, Silje Elisabeth Langsrud, Solveig Nicolau, Anca Ioana |
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Møretrø, Trond Borda, Daniela Dumitrascu, Loredana Neagu, Corina Nguyen-The, Christophe Maitre, Isabelle Didier, Pierrine Teixeira, Paula Junqueira, Luis Truninger, Monica Izsó, Tekla Kasza, Gyula Skuland, Silje Elisabeth Langsrud, Solveig Nicolau, Anca Ioana |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Mihalache, Octavian Augustin Møretrø, Trond Borda, Daniela Dumitrascu, Loredana Neagu, Corina Nguyen-The, Christophe Maitre, Isabelle Didier, Pierrine Teixeira, Paula Junqueira, Luis Truninger, Monica Izsó, Tekla Kasza, Gyula Skuland, Silje Elisabeth Langsrud, Solveig Nicolau, Anca Ioana |
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Food safety triangle Kitchen work triangle Cross-contamination Sink Hand washing |
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Food safety triangle Kitchen work triangle Cross-contamination Sink Hand washing |
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Our paper emphasizes the importance of the kitchen layout in facilitating consumers' food hygiene practices. A significant correlation was found between the sink placement (inside or outside the kitchen) and hygienic practices during food handling based on a survey performed on consumers from ten European countries, indicating that those who had the sink in the kitchen were more likely to perform proper hygiene practices than those who have not. The self-reported practices were supported by observed practices in 64 households from five European countries. The observational study combined with the examination of kitchen layouts revealed that the kitchen work triangle with its apexes represented by the kitchen sink, cooking stove and refrigerator, which is recommended for ergonomic reasons by architects and designers, did not necessarily support food hygiene practices in kitchens. Cross-contamination events were associated with the sink – countertop distances longer than 1 m. Based on this, a new kitchen triangle with its apexes represented by the kitchen sink, working place (usually countertop) and cooking stove, with the distance between the sink and the working place less than 1 m is proposed to be used as norm in kitchen designs for combining ergonomics with safety. This triangle is proposedly named the food safety triangle and is aimed to mitigate the risks of foodborne illnesses by creating an arrangement that facilitates hygiene practices. This study is the first to highlight the importance of implementing the concept of food safety in the kitchen design based on significant correlations between kitchen equipment placement and consumers’ food safety practices. |
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Journal pre-proof of: Mihalache, O.A., Møretrø, T., Borda, D., [..] Junqueira L., Truninger M. et al (2021). Kitchen layouts and consumers’ food hygiene practices: Ergonomics versussafety. Food Control (Available online 17 July 2021, 108433), DOI 10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108433 0956-7135 10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108433 |
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