Abstract The relationship between consumer confidence in food safety measures for vegetables sold in open markets and their use of safe food handling practices in the domestic environment was investigated for a set of 332 randomly sampled vegetable consumers within the suburbs of Accra, Ghana. More specifically, the confidence of consumers in twelve food safety measures employed by farmers, middlemen and traders was assessed, together with the frequency of treatment of vegetables with salt or vinegar and whether or not vegetables were stored in a hygienic and ventilated place. The results suggest that the level of consumer confidence in food safety measures along the value chain of vegetable production influences their food safety actions. Principal component analysis identified two factors determining confidence: (a) cleanliness and contact exposure, and (b) safe practices related to water, pesticides and fertilisers in production and general hygiene at the selling point. Structural equation modelling showed that confidence was significantly related to the cleanliness and contact exposure component (path coefficient = 0.41, p = 0.002), but only indirectly to the safe production practices and hygiene component (r = 0.71). Moreover, confidence then directed storage (path coefficient = 0.54, p

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消费者对食品供应链食品安全实践的信心如何决定食品处理实践：来自加纳的证据

摘要 在加纳阿克拉郊区，对 332 名随机抽样的蔬菜消费者进行了调查，调查了消费者对在公开市场上出售的蔬菜的食品安全措施的信心与其在家庭环境中使用安全食品处理方法之间的关系。更具体地说，评估了消费者对农民、中间商和贸易商采用的十二项食品安全措施的信心，以及用盐或醋处理蔬菜的频率以及蔬菜是否存放在卫生和通风的地方。结果表明，消费者对蔬菜生产价值链中食品安全措施的信心水平会影响他们的食品安全行动。主成分分析确定了两个决定置信度的因素：(a) 清洁度和接触暴露，以及 (b) 与生产中的水、杀虫剂和肥料以及销售点的一般卫生相关的安全做法。结构方程模型表明，置信度与清洁度和接触暴露分量显着相关（路径系数 = 0.41，p = 0.002），但仅与安全生产实践和卫生分量（r = 0.71）间接相关。此外，置信度然后定向存储（路径系数 = 0.54，p 但仅与安全生产实践和卫生部分间接相关（r = 0.71）。此外，置信度然后定向存储（路径系数 = 0.54，p 但仅与安全生产实践和卫生部分间接相关（r = 0.71）。此外，置信度然后定向存储（路径系数 = 0.54，p