<![CDATA[Campus canteens play a strategic role in supporting health, productivity, and food safety in higher education environments, particularly in Islamic boarding school-based universities where all student activities take place on campus. Initial observations at Darussalam Gontor University indicate that food hygiene and sanitation practices remain suboptimal, characterised by inconsistent use of personal protective equipment (PPE), unhygienic food presentation, limited menu variety, and inadequate waste management. This community service activity aims to improve the knowledge and practices of canteen managers and handlers through mentoring the implementation of the Hygienic and Healthy Canteen (KHAS). The method used is Community-Based Research (CBR) with a participatory mentoring approach for 18 workers, including problem mapping, socialisation and FGD, HSM training, implementation mentoring, and participatory monitoring and evaluation. The results of the activity show improvements in HSM practices at the UNIDA Gontor canteen, including compliance with PPE use, hygienic food presentation, environmental cleanliness, and waste sorting. The most significant change was an increase in knowledge among 100% of workers (from an initial average score of 21.9 to 24.2 out of a total score of 25). The integration of hygiene and sanitation, occupational safety and health, balanced nutrition, environmental management, and halal and thayyib values makes KHAS a sustainable model for Islamic boarding school canteen management with the potential for replication.]]>
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