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Mukhola (1998) in assessing the factors influencing the safety and quality of street
food in a rural area in Limpopo examined the knowledge, attitude and perceptions in
both street food vendors and consumers. Her findings indicated that the majority of
street food vendors and consumers had little information regarding the proper
preparation and storage of food as well as environmental conditions that may be
detrimental to health. Furthermore 64.4% of consumers thought that street food is
sold under unacceptable conditions and these needed improvement (Mukhola, 1998).
Based on the literature reviewed, many of the studies have been conducted on the
formal sector; there is limited information on the effectiveness of training conducted
on street food vendors. It is therefore very important to explore the KAP of street
food vendors in order to allow for a better understanding of these variables in street
food vendors in relation to Food Safety.
