Bautista, Florence Larican <br/><br/>
Food practices of street food vendors in Nueva Vizcaya: its implication to enterpreneurship education/ 
Florence Larican Bautista 
 - Bayombong:  Nueva Vizcaya State University,  2004 
 - xiii, 80 leaves :  illustrations ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> This study was conducted to determine the socio-demographic profile of streetfood vendors of selected towns of Nueva Vizcaya; identify the food practices in terms of food buying, food preparation and food vending, ascertain the correlation between the streetfood vendors profile and their food practices.<br/><br/>A total of 112 streetfood vendors participated in the study, majority were females, married with a mean age of 26 years and was dominated by high school graduates.<br/><br/>Majority of the respondents buy their food supply in the public market according to customers preferences, food standard measurement, compared prices and particular with brand names and reading nutrition label. Almost all of the streetfood vendors bought foods in their fresh form apparently because fresh foods contain more food value and only by canned goods when fresh foods are not available Most of the streetfood vendors bought foods everyday for their daily sale.<br/><br/>		In terms of food preparation practices, most of the streetfood vendors covered their foods with plastic to avoid mush exposure to dust, wash first the fruits and vegetables before slicing, always clean the materials before cooking and the most common methods used in cooking was by broiling and frying. The streetfood vendors have adequate water for preparation and cleaning, their display cabinet were screened and with absence of household pest. Food handlers are neatly dressed and clean in appearance. Most of them used ice box and pail with cover for storing their food to sell.<br/><br/>	The food they vend were prepared and sold per piece and they served their foods hot because most of their customers prefer hot meals and fresh ones than cold ones. They apportioned their food to sell using presized plastics, measuring cup and spoon, plates and barbecue sticks. They served popular dishes everyday with cold softdrinks, shakes of fruit juice and followed their pricing relative to market value. The foods they vend were operated from 8-10 hours per day and were on cash basis only form small items to big ones.<br/><br/>	The streetfood vendors experienced the following problems. For food buying practices, short weighing and unfair pricing were encountered. In food preparation practices, exposure to open places and vehicles and lack of storage space for other food items were problems experienced. In their food vending practices, vendors' usually had problem on fluctuating sales during non-working days, no security in selling, no available water supply, no proper sewage disposal and unstable prices.<br/><br/>	There was a significant correlation between the food buying practices and the vendors' profile on age particularly in consideration in buying food to sell and type of the market. No significant relationship was observed between age and method of buying, guide in buying, buying frequency and types/forms of food to be bought.<br/><br/>	There was a significant correlation between always clean the material before cooking, cover the foods with plastic, screened display cabinet and use of ice box with their educational attainment. The data indicate that those with higher educational attainment are aware of the importance of using clean materials and covering the food than those with lower educational attainment.<br/><br/>	A significant correlation was noted between food apportioning use measuring cup and spoon and use of barbecue stick with age. The older respondents perceived that the use of measuring cup and spoon provide them a basis for setting selling price of food to be sold. On the other hand, the use of barbecue stick among the younger respondents is a good material in apportioning meat to be sold.<br/><br/>	On specific popular food items sold, frozen desserts and noodles indicated a significant correlation with civil status. Again, more married respondents sold frozen desserts and noodles than the single respondents. The popularity of selling frozen desserts and noodles among the consumers in the street where they vend will consistently add income to streetfood vendors.<br/>  Thesis (Master of Science-Home Technology)<br/> 
<br/><br/>Includes appendices and bibliographical references<br/>