Abstract

Even in the modern era with increased awareness about foodborne illness, it still remains a serious public health
issue, everywhere around the world, and food handling, preparation and service are crucial practices for food
safety. The factor of cookware preparation, storage systems, and/or the versatility and level of education of food
handlers are all types of food safety factors that directly or indirectly influence food safety to some
degree. Properly nailing down food hygiene first entails looking closely into personal hygiene and the conduct of
employees working in food businesses. The food handlers with poor personal hygiene may, in close proximity to
the food, be carriers of intestinal helminths, protozoa, and enteropathogenic bacteria. This is when the hands of the
handlers can carry excreta from their feces, and they spread it into food with their fingers, thereby leading to
infections in the customers. This study assessed the most influential risk factors causing food vendor's illness,
identifies several of them, like the groceries, raw food and quality; food prepared and handled in the streets;
transportation; absence of regulations involving time and specific holding temperature; and the environment's
cleanliness. Nevertheless, the research work came to reveal that various aspects of street food safety are
persistently being taken into much account in consuming what belongs to dissimilar socio-economic
grouping. Therefore, since the economic benefits of street food trading are incalculable, it is very critical that
authorities strengthened and implemented the policies/ regulations in order to ensure food safety.
Keywords: Foodborne illnesses, Food safety, Food handling, Food vendors, Street food