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Risk perceptions, on-farm handling, and food safety practices among egg producing farmers in Thailand

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  • Kwanhatai Thongpalad
  • Sushil Koirala
  • Anil Kumar Anal

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Purpose - Safe food from animal origins rely on preventive measures adopted at the farm level. However, farmers' awareness on the food safety risk is limited, affecting their on-farm activities. Thus, this study was conducted to assess and compare the farmers' perceptions on food safety issues and risks caused by the management and practices at layer farms. Design/methodology/approach - Farmers from 143 farms certified by National Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) standard and 59 non-GAP farms were interviewed using a structured questionnaire for risk perception evaluation. Their level of perceived risk was compared using a scoring system. Findings - The food safety hazards in eggs seem to be fairly recognized by both groups of farmers. GAP farmers demonstrated a higher risk of food safety incidences caused by inappropriate management and practices in farms than non-GAP farmers (p

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  • Kwanhatai Thongpalad & Sushil Koirala & Anil Kumar Anal, 2021. "Risk perceptions, on-farm handling, and food safety practices among egg producing farmers in Thailand," Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 12(5), pages 868-882, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jadeep:jadee-05-2021-0110
    DOI: 10.1108/JADEE-05-2021-0110
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