Consumer food safety behaviour may be considered the lynchpin in the food chain continuum from ‘farm to fork’ as they may handle food as they see fit and epidemiological data indicates that the home is an important point of origin for up to 87 per ce
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This document is the first in a three volume series. The terms of reference for the series are outlined in the introduction, which also provides an overview of the environmental, social and personal factors that can affect food behaviour. Volume 1 ou
This study investigated the factors and mechanisms by which significant foodborne pathogens enter the domestic kitchen, adapt to the conditions they find there, persist and spread, and are frequently transferred to human hosts.
It examined the chal
