Common Themes | Examples | Frequency (Percentage) |
Unhygienic Practices | that included not properly washing hands before cooking or eating, not cleaning utensils and cooking surfaces, and failing to maintain a clean cooking environment | 116 (38%) |
Contamination | believed this could occur from various sources such as dirty water, uncovered food, contact with rodents and insects, and improper handling of food | 87 (28%) |
Food poisoning | eating food picked from the ground can lead to complications like food poisoning that can cause death, when you eat improper food you will have a runny stool, diarrhoea, cholera, unwashed hands after using the toilet, uncovered food, eating expired food makes us sick | 74 (24%) |
Personal Hygiene | failing to wash hands, touching food with unclean hands, and poor personal hygiene practices | 66 (21%) |
Improper Preparation & Storage | when the food is not cooked well, it will cause sickness to our body, leaving your food uncovered, food that has pathogens, no proper hygiene, no proper taking care of | 53 (17%) |
Germs | Bacteria are the main causes of unsafe food, germs can spoil your food, food that has germs can cause different sickness | 45 (15%) |
Environmental Factors | dirty cooking areas, unclean surroundings, and exposure to pollution were mentioned as potential contributors to unsafe food | 34 (11%) |
Flies & Insects | Flies can transfer germs to uncovered food… a toilet near food, leaving your food open, allowing flies, dirty environment, cockroaches | 24 (8%) |