Prevalence of Salmonella Spp. Contamination in Hen egg and Relationship among Sociodemographic Knowledge and Behavior of the Egg Consumer in Bangkok Thailand

Abstract

Hen egg is the main of protien source in food ingredient and frequently contaminated by Salmonella spp. This research was aimed to study about the prevalence of Salmonella in egg sold in Sukhumvit area and the relationship between socio-demographic knowledge and behavior of the egg consumer in Bangkok, Thailand. This study was collected the egg samples of each grade such as Ordinary, Salmonella free and Chemical free grades that being sold in fresh market or supermarket in Sukhumvit area. Then all samples were isolated to detect Salmonella spp. according ISO6579 method. For the second part to find the relationship between socio-demographic factors affected on knowledge level and egg consumption behavior.This study was used the questionnaire reviewed by food safety expert then taken the result to calculate the relation between each other socio-demographic factors using statistical method. This study was indicated the prevalence of Salmonella spp. was not significant different in each grade of the collected eggs. The socio-demographic factors were shown the age ,education level and household income effected on knowledge of egg hygiene level however there were reveal that no any socio-demographic factor effected on egg consumption behavior.