TY - JOUR T1 - Food Handling Practices of Turkish Women Living in Ankara AU - , Ayse Ozfer Ozcelik JO - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences VL - 4 IS - 2 SP - 240 EP - 246 PY - 2007 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1683-8831 DO - pjssci.2007.240.246 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2007.240.246 KW - Women KW -food safety KW -practices KW -knowledge KW -fruit KW -vegetables AB - In this research, safe food handling practices of 500 married Turkish women living in Ankara,Turkey was searched. 81.4% of women stated that washing hands before food handling was very important. 54.8% of women used drying towel. 31.2% of women used the same cutting board for raw and cooked food. 85.8% of women cleaned kitchen counters each time after they used. 86.8% washed fruit and vegetables and 98.1% washed chicken before cooking. 53.4% of women knew that the temperature of refrigerator should be between 1-5°C. 89.2% of women cooled food in room temperature. 54.6% of women kept leftovers in a few small cups in refrigerator. 48.4% of women thawed frozen meat on the counter in the room temperature. ER -