... bacteria] for contamination of chicken carcasses, carcass drip and rinse water from the informal chicken market in Gauteng, South Africa. Design/methodology/approach Chicken swabs, chicken drips and rinse waters were collected from 151 chickens from 47 random outlets. Pre-tested questionnaires were...

... in low, middle and high SES areas in South Africa. A generalised linear model was employed for the statistical analysis of pre-store food-buying practices within the SES area groups in a developing country. Findings South African consumers that reside in high SES area displayed the largest...

.... Originality/value Findings contribute to generation-based research in wine marketing and increase the understanding of the wine selection behaviour of Generation Y consumers in South Africa. More effective marketing strategies to Generation Y consumers can result to grow wine consumption in this significant...

... this had not been implemented at the time of the study. South Africa Food hygiene training Food safety culture Food safety management Management commitment Food safety is of major international morbidity and mortality concern with unsafe food a growing global threat (WHO, 2015). It has...

... worldwide. Although some trends and changes might be global in nature (Reardon et al., 1999), the way organizations are affected depends equally on the country-specific or even local institutional environment. In South Africa, there is a history of extensive government intervention in agricultural...

... effect was found to exist. This suggests that entrenched views of the brand strongly determine the perceived quality thereof, with operational and day-to-day fluctuations having little bearing on this. Research limitations/implications – This study focusses solely on South Africa, an emerging...

... real time (RT) PCR with SYBR Green method was effective for the confirmation of B. sporothermodurans. Originality/value This research is the first to be conducted with regards to the detection of B. sporothermodurans in UHT milk in South Africa and determining the effect...

...Keshia Naidoo; Denise Lindsay Purpose The aim of this paper is to evaluate the hygiene of surfaces that come into direct contact with the ready to eat dried meat product, biltong, at point‐of‐sale in three different retailers in Johannesburg, South Africa, by investigating the presence...

... at: odesmidt@cut.ac.za © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Heat treatment Food preservation South Africa Milk pasteurisation was introduced in the late nineteenth century as a public health measure to destroy human bacterial pathogens that are likely to be present in raw milk (Jay, 1992...

...) in allocating available resources to monitor and control the informal milk‐producing sector in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach A structured questionnaire survey was conducted, targeting the cohort of municipal health service (MHS) managers (n=52) at the various metros and DMs in South...

... of industry a new mindset is required amongst research institutions towards providing an array of scientific services that extend intra‐ and inter‐disciplinary boundaries and where long‐term partnerships between food industries and the R&D sector are forged. However, against this backdrop South Africa's...

... schemes were chosen for review: This can be attributed to two factors: Firstly, the lack of a centralized food control government agency in South Africa which makes the regulatory approach to food safety fragmented and often conflicting. With at least 14 legal instruments governing food safety...

... southern hemisphere countries of Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. When amount of column space devoted to each is assessed, it is evident that New Zealand, the smallest wine producing country of the three, is more positively favoured receiving a disproportionate amount of attention. However...