With variations within regions and cultures street food
vending is found across the world. Sold by vendors and peddlers street food is
the ready to eat food or drink sold on street and public spaces. Vendors
usually use portable booth, food cart or truck to sale the food items. The
chief characteristics of street food is that street foods are reasonably priced
and flavored and easily available. The importance of street food vending lies
on the fact that besides offering business opportunities for
developing entrepreneurs, the sale of street foods can make
a sizeable contribution to the economies of developing countries like India.
Street food often reflects traditional local cultures
and exists in an endless variety. There is much diversity in the raw materials
as well as in the preparation of street food beverages, snacks and meals.
Vendors’ stalls are usually located outdoors or under a roof which is easily
accessible from the street. Their marketing success depends exclusively on
location and word-of-mouth promotion. Street food businesses are usually owned
and operated by individuals or families but benefits from their trade extend
throughout the local economy.
One of the important aspects related to the street food is the
importance and the necessity for maintaining the nutritional status to the
large section of population.
Despite the importance of the street food and the street food
vending the fact that the street food vending involves many problems cannot be
ignored. The present condition in which most of the street food vendors cook
and sale are unsuitable .The place is not clean, well lit and far from source
of contamination. Most of the street food vendors do not practice hygienic
method of covering food and water. Food not covered is exposed to flies, birds,
rodents etc which may cause food borne pathogens. Street food vendors also lack
proper food handling and waste disposal training.
A majority of food vendors are not aware of causes of food
poisoning and food borne disease which can spread through their food if not
handled properly. Many studies have indicated that Water is a critical raw
material in many street-vended operations. Street Food in asia
Contaminated water and raw material can create a public
health risk when it is used for drinking, washing of foods, incorporated in the
food as an ingredient and used in the processing of food or used for washing
equipment, and hands It is a well known vehicle for enter pathogens such as /E.
coli/, /Salmonella/ spp. and /Campylobacter/ spp. amongst others.
Unavailability of potable water for various activities at the vending Site is a
major concern. Due to the shortage of clean potable water .Many vendors tend to
re-use the water, especially for cleaning utensils Studies done to find out the
bacteriological quality of the water used by some street vendors have revealed
frequent contamination with coli forms and faecal coli forms .vendors
neither have training on food handling nor they know how food gets
contaminated by different microbes and practice hygienic behavior like
washing hand properly after going to toilet as faecal contamination takes place
through hand to the food also. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCpEGqZ2cHAsss
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