Vendors' Profile: Food Safety Strategies of 26 Informal Vendors in Dhaka

A 2026 qualitative study by Md. Latiful Haque profiles 26 informal food vendors in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The research, published on figshare, explores vendor coping strategies for sourcing, processing, storage, and selling food. It classifies vendors into three types—cooked food, wet market, and dry market—to examine diverse food safety management approaches.

Use Cases

• Classifying vendor types based on described food safety management strategies.
• Analyzing the relationship between material resources, skills, and food safety practices.
• Studying trust-building and information-sharing mechanisms between vendors and consumers.
• Comparing food safety approaches across cooked food, wet market, and dry market vendor categories.

Strengths

• Qualitative data from 26 vendor profiles provides detailed context.
• The dataset is structured around a clear three-type vendor classification (cooked food, wet market, dry market).
• Focus on specific coping strategies for sourcing, processing, storage, and selling.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Md. Latiful Haque via figshare.

Collection Method

Qualitative analysis based on research involving 26 vendors.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 08:42:21; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dhaka, Bangladesh.