The Impact of Food Safety Awareness, Knowledge and Attitude on Consumer Safety Practices: Literature Review

— Food safety is referring to control, preparing, and storing food in a way to reduce the risk of individuals becoming sick from foodborne illness, and food safety is a global concern. Hence, food safety is very important because consumers often buy groceries from supermarket are not aware of the safety and quality of the food or mishandled food at home. This study aims to study the relationship between food safety awareness, knowledge and attitude impacting practices (KAP) among supermarket's consumers in Klang Valley. It has been found that by this literature review it determines the methodologies that was used in past studies and to identify the key questions about this particular topic. Using literature review, this research will help in determining the risk of foodborne diseases in terms of applying food safety control measures by measuring consumer knowledge, attitudes, and practices at home, which will enable the expansion of coordinated, effective, integrated, and cautious approaches in food safety procedures