This review summarises the methods and results of studies conducted worldwide on the eVectiveness of food safety and food hygiene
training in the commercial sector of the food industry. In particular it focuses on those studies that have tried to evaluate the eVectiveness
of such training. Forty-six studies of food hygiene training are included which used some outcome measure to assess the eVectiveness of
training. The short-term nature and variety of measures used limited the majority of studies. The need for the development of evaluation
criteria of eVectiveness of food hygiene training is discussed.
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