The most common scenarios which lead to the outbreaks in the
restaurants, fast food and take-away is the combination of heat
treatments practices with subsequent time-temperature abuse,
cross-contamination of raw and cooked ingredients and defects in
food preparation and hygiene. Results confirmed these requirements
as the predominant in low ranking of food hygiene and
safety procedures. Also important to note that often smaller restaurants,
fast food and take-away places, but also the regular restaurants
had to deal with inadequate work space for the circulation
of workers in some areas, which may impair production processes
to follow the hygienic standards and increase the risk of accidents.
Possible benefits of FHR scores could be the improved consumer
access to information regarding the food safety performance of
specific food establishment. Additionally this system could put
more pressure on food establishments to comply and be consistent
with regulatory requirements. Certainly the improved food hygiene