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Microbiological Evaluation of Meals Served To Students in the University City Restaurant of Benha University

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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FOOD SCIENCE

Abstract

Food made at university can be a vehicle for foodborne diseases and food poisoning if it is not handled properly. In this study, the microbiological quality of foods (bread, cooked chicken, cooked meat, cooked rice, cooked macaroni, cooked vegetable, cooked legumes, feta cheese, boiled Egg, processed cheese and jam) was assessed, at Banha University campus. A total of three random samples of breakfast, lunch and dinner samples were collected from the campus student's restaurant after cooking. The result obtained revealed that the mean bacterial count from the breakfast meal sample was 6.9×103 cfu/g on bread and 3×10 cfu/g on biscuits, while lunch meal total bacterial count ranged between 2.9×102 and 8.5×104 cfu/g. on the other hand dinner meal, the total bacterial count ranged between 3.5×102 and 8.1×104 cfu/g. Pathogenic bacteria in breakfast lunch and dinner meals were not detected for coliform group and Salmonella sp. counts. While Staph. aureus was a little count for breakfast lunch and dinner meals. This means that food items in this study were carried out under sanitary conditions and very good food hygiene. This study recommended that food handlers should ensure strict personal hygiene and that of the environment, and the general sanitary condition of the university hostel restaurant should be improved.

DOI

10.21608/assjm.2023.190890.1208

Keywords

Assessment, Bacteriological, Pathogenic bacteria and meals

Authors

First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Sharouba

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Affiliation

Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture- Benha University

Email

ashraf.sharouba@fagr.bu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Mahmoud

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Affiliation

Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University

Email

mahmoud.mahmoud@fagr.bu.edu.eg

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Volume

61

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

40776

Issue Date

2023-03-01

Receive Date

2023-01-31

Publish Date

2023-03-01

Page Start

143

Page End

150

Print ISSN

1110-0419

Online ISSN

2974-4830

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https://assjm.journals.ekb.eg/article_302523.html

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302,523

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Original Article

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841

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Publication Title

Annals of Agricultural Science, Moshtohor

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https://assjm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Microbiological Evaluation of Meals Served To Students in the University City Restaurant of Benha University

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24 Dec 2024