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, Started on 2015 -
Completed on 2016
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This study assessed the extent of food safety and sanitary practices of selected hotels in
Batangas province as basis of proposed enhancement measures. The study utilized descriptive method to
describe food safety and sanitary practices of selected hotels in Batangas province with a total of 8 hotels
(256 respondents). Purposive sampling was used in the study. The questionnaires were designed using the
provision of the Sanitation Code of the Philippines, validated and finalized to come up with legitimate
results. The study showed that there were eight (8) hotel respondents classified as two, three, four star
with considerable years of experience and adequate number of employees. The hotels demonstrated the
food safety and sanitary practices always in the areas of restaurant, bar service, catering and banquet
and room service. The significant pair-wise comparison for restaurant, bar service, catering and banquet
and room service shows that 2 star hotels greatly differs. The researcher recommends that the
management should maintain high standard of food safety and sanitary practices among its staff, upgrade
the food safety and sanitary practices for food safety accreditation, continuous training of the hotel
managers/employees on food safety and sanitary practices.