Journal of Tourism & Hospitality
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Department of Business Administration, Ohio State University, Ohio, USA

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• Research Article   
  A Study on Food Code Violations in a Food Desert
  Author(s): Philip Appiah Kubi* and Hamza Haji
  
  The right to adequate food is recognized by the International convention on economic, social and cultural rights. However, access to adequate and healthy food still remains a challenge. In the United States, over 23 million people live in areas designated as food deserts, which have limited access to healthy food. Consequently, restaurants in food deserts struggle to provide affordable and healthy food options. One other challenge faced by restaurants is the adherence to food regulations. Restaurants that violate health regulations may be cited for a critical or noncritical violation. Persistent citations for critical violations could lead to a temporal or permanent shutdown which adds to the scarcity of food in food deserts. This paper studies the food code violations in Montgomery county, a food desert in Ohio. The objective is to determine whether the time sani.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0269.23.12.535

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