The Management of Food Sanitation Standards for Wayside Food Entrepreneurs, Bangkok

AbstractThe objectives of this study included: [i] to study the wayside food entrepreneurs’ perception towards Bangkok Food Sanitation Standards and trainings; [ii] to investigate behavior of wayside food entrepreneurs in alignment with Bangkok Food Sanitation Standards; and [iii] to explore consumers’ opinions towards influential factors in making a decision to buy wayside foods. The findings revealed that most wayside food entrepreneurs acknowledged the authority's food standards examination program and perceived the program as beneficial, yet only a minority received food sanitation standards trainings. The wayside food entrepreneurs’ behavior was in compliance with some key performance indicators of the Bangkok Food Sanitation Standards, such as safe food handling, buying only foods materials and seasoning with Food and Drug Administration Labeling, food covering, serving drinking water and types of beverages served to consumers. On the consumer side, food cleanliness, food certificates and creditability were found to have an influence on their food buying decision