[Contents]
Chapter 1. Introduction 35
Section 1. Research Background 37
Section 2. Objects of the Project 40
Section 3. Project Organization 42
Section 4. Project Contents 45
Section 5. Evaluation and Analysis Methods 46
Section 6. Methods of Analysis 52
Section 7. Evaluation Tools 54
Chapter 2. Restaurant Hygiene Management in Germany, Denmark 59
Section 1. Smiley System in Denmark 61
Section 2. Smiley Food Hygiene Certification System in NRW, Germany 66
Section 3. Implications 71
Chapter 3. Newly Conducted Evaluations of Restaurant Hygiene in 2011 73
Section 1. Evaluations 75
Section 2. Results 76
Section 3. Scores and Analysis of Correlations of Variables 111
Section 4. Implications 117
Chapter 4. Re-evaluation of Restaurant Hygiene Ratings in 2011 119
Section 1. Re-evaluation Plan 121
Section 2. Re-evaluation Results 124
Section 3. Implications 152
Chapter 5. Consumer Awareness Survey on Restaurant Hygiene Rating Scheme 153
Section 1. Survey Background and Purpose 155
Section 2. Survey Plan 155
Section 3. Survey Results 157
Section 4. Implications 203
Chapter 6. Conclusion and Policy Proposal 205
Section 1. Conclusion 207
Section 2. Policy Proposal 209
References 211