Regulations for improving sanitary control at fishing landing sites in northern Peru

Abstract

Current sector-specific health regulations comprehensively govern the safety of fishery and aquaculture products intended for human consumption. These regulations mandate strict hygiene measures from harvesting through cleaning and storage of the product prior to distribution. The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of these regulations on improving health control processes at fishing landing sites in the northern region of Peru; A quantitative, descriptive/explanatory methodology was employed using ordinal regression, with a questionnaire administered to 40 boat owners. The results showed that the ordinal regression model yielded a chi-square value of 3.783, a df of 2, and a p-value of 0.151, as well as a Nagelkerke coefficient of 0.102. This demonstrates that there is no statistically significant relationship (p > 0.05) between health regulations and health control. The Nagelkerke coefficient of 0.102 indicates that only 10.2% of the variability in health control is explained by health regulations, which is a very low level; leading to the conclusion that the hypothesis that health regulations significantly influence health control is rejected; as evidenced by the Nagelkerke coefficient = 0.102 (p-value = 0.151).