Food Safety Threats in Ghana's Food System: A Rapid Review

A 109.0 KB document by Georgina Benewaa Yeboah, last updated in April 2026, synthesizing findings from a literature review on food safety threats in Ghana. The review covers studies published from January 2010 to June 2025, identifying microbial, chemical, and physical contaminants across the food system. Key findings highlight prevalent hazards like aflatoxins, pesticide residues, and pathogens such as Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp.

Use Cases

• Identifying prevalent foodborne hazards based on the review's synthesis of microbial and chemical contaminants.
• Analyzing contributing factors to food safety threats based on described issues like poor hygiene knowledge and weak regulatory enforcement.
• Informing public health policy and education campaigns based on the review's findings and recommendations.

Strengths

• Document is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open sharing and adaptation.
• The review covers a defined time range of studies from January 2010 to June 2025.
• The description provides specific examples of identified contaminants, such as aflatoxins and multi-drug resistant bacterial strains.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 109.0 KB document, indicating a limited scope of raw data or analysis.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The data may reflect a bias inherent to the literature review methodology and the selected databases (AGORA, PubMed, SCOPUS).

Provenance

Source

Georgina Benewaa Yeboah via figshare

Collection Method

Rapid review of peer-reviewed literature from AGORA, PubMed, and SCOPUS databases.

Time Range

Studies published from January 2010 to June 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 05:35:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ghana