Abstract:

Objective: To learn about children's food safety in Dali rural area so as to provide the reference for preventive measures of improving it in rural areas. Methods: The stratified sampling was combined with random sampling to survey children's food with questionnaire in six counties （five towns in each）. The total of questionnaire was 2 200, and recovered all; the recovery rate was 100%; effective questionnaire was 2 179; the effective rate was 99%. Results: There were 33 rural canteens within hygiene license from 52 canteens in 26 countries（64%）（χ²=1067.642, P=0.000<0.01）. The education level of food operators was generally low. Only 19.5 percent of them were with high school and college educational background; 46.4% with junior high school educational background; illiterate persons was 9.2%（χ²=294.332, P=0.000<0.01）.There were serious problems of children's food packaging from the 2 179 sample survey of rural primary schools, such as lack of the date of manufacture and inspection certificate, stained or damaged packaging. There was significant difference between different counties （P<0.01）. Conclusion: There are serious problems existing in children's food safety in Dali rural areas. So the relevant departments should strengthen supervision and control; parents and school should strengthen the education about food safety for the pupils.