A study of hazard faced by Malaysian students at the school canteen

This article is attentional to highlight the outcome of the hazards assessment at Malaysian schools canteen in Kelantan. This study was conducted to evaluate school canteen for 111 schools namely in Kelantan state which located at East Coast of Malaysia. The data were collected based on the HIRARC guideline 2008 as provided by Department of Occupational Safety and Health Malaysia. As the result, hazards found in canteen namely as physical hazards, poor housekeeping and biological hazards. These hazards may contribute to the unsafe condition and unhealthy food. Thus, the overall fi nding shows that the result the percentage of school exposed to poor housekeeping was the highest. But, the risk evaluation for the poor housekeeping and physical hazards labelled as medium risk. Meanwhile, biological hazards indicate the higher level of risk that exposed by the student. It may lead to health risks such as food poisoning and diarrhoea. As a conclusion, safety and health should be protected by canteen operators and school management to ensure it is meet the standards. Therefore, school management needs to improve and increase canteens safety awareness to ensure the safety and health of all residents