Abstract
This study was to investigate hygiene practices among food vendors in
Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State. Three research questions
were answered. Survey research design was employed. The population for
the study was made up of all the 302 registered food vendors in Ikorodu
LGA who have permanent locations. The sample consisted of 150 food
vendors. .Questionnaire was used for data collection. It was validated by
three experts in Home Economics. Data were analysed using mean and
standard deviation. Mean rating from 1.50 and above (>1.50) were
considered as “agreed” while any mean less than (<1.50) was considered
“disagreed”. Results show that 100% of the food vendors are aware of food
hygiene practices, 100% claimed they adopt food hygiene practices and 100%
also claimed they usually adopt basic environmental food hygiene practices
in Ikorodu Local Government Area in Lagos State. Based on the findings, it
was recommended, among others, that food vendors must be monitored
frequently to ensure proper handling of food and sustain environmental
cleanliness.