Sanitary Conditions of Food Vending Sites and Food Handling Practices of Street Food Vendors in Benin City, Nigeria: Implication for Food Hygiene and Safety

Table 3

Environmental hygiene of food vending premises ().

	Frequency*	Percent (%)
Environmental hygiene parameters
Clean environment	259	90.5
Waste bin present	124	43.4
Refuse site present	41	14.3
Wash basin present	201	71.2
Presence of hand towel	210	73.4
Soap present	220	76.9
Presence of flies	118	41.3
Presence of rats/cockroaches	7	2.4
Indices of environmental hygiene status
Good	198	69.2
Poor	88	30.8

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