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Microbial contamination of some ready-to-eat vended fruits in Sango open-market, Saki, Oyo State, Nigeria

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Medical bacteriology

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Background: Fruits are widely exposed to microbial contamination through contact with soil, dust, water and handling at harvest, during or postharvest processing. It has been recognized that, they can be a source of food borne illnesses that can majorly result to poor hygiene practices and unsanitary conditions at fruit vending points. The main objective of the study was to assess the hygiene status as well as microbial contamination in fruit-vending-businesses in Saki; a Nigerian City. Methods: The microbial contamination of ready-to-eat vended fruits in Sango market was examined using standard microbiological methods. A total of eight (8) fruits samples comprising two from each of fresh apples (Malus domestica), cucumber (Cucumis sativus), orange (Citrus sinensis) and carrot (Daucus carota) of vended fruits were screened for total bacterial count. Identifications was made through their colony appearance, microscopic examination on nutrient Agar, selective and differential Agar (EMB, MacConkey, SSA, MRS, Biochemical tests (catalase, sugar,) and Gram staining of the samples. Results: Four (4) bacterial species were identified as: Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella spp < /em> and Shigella spp < /em> from the vended fruit samples. The total aerobic plate count ranged from 0.8×104- 0.4×104 CFU ml-1 in apple with the highest count among carrot samples and the lowest among orange samples. Coclusion: The isolated organisms from the vended fruits showed that contamination mainly occurred due to poor hygiene and environmental factors.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2020.29249.1011

Keywords

Vended-fruits, Microbial-contaminants, Hygiene, Ready-to-eat, Unsanitary

Authors

First Name

Adeoti

Last Name

Micheal

MiddleName

Olatude

Affiliation

1. Science Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Science, Biological Sciences Unit, The Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki 2. Department of Zoology, Cellular Parasitology Programme, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Email

txy23m@yahoo.com

City

Ibadan

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First Name

Adeoye

Last Name

Adenike

MiddleName

Kafilat

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Parasitology Unit, University of Ibadan,Nigeria

Email

adeknykey@gmail.com

City

Ibadan

Orcid

-

First Name

Adeniya

Last Name

Oluwaseun

MiddleName

Blessing

Affiliation

Department Science Laboratory Technology Microbiology Option, The Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki

Email

adeniyaoluwaseun@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Adesina

Last Name

Ademola

MiddleName

David

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Email

zinadave@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Olufemi

Last Name

Olutope

MiddleName

Samson

Affiliation

Department of Science Laboratory Technology, The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki

Email

sampurt11@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-2723-3600

First Name

Olaoye

Last Name

Joy

MiddleName

Opeyemi

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki

Email

joyopeyemi2@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Adedokun

Last Name

Olajumoke

MiddleName

Elizabeth

Affiliation

Department Of science Laboratory Technology, Microbiology Unit The Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki

Email

ummykmalonic@gmail.com

City

SAKI

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-

Volume

3

Article Issue

1

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29888

Issue Date

2022-02-01

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2020-04-02

Publish Date

2022-02-01

Page Start

160

Page End

165

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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MID_Volume 3_Issue 1_Pages 160-165.pdf

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1,157

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Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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22 Jan 2023