Journal of Bacteriology & Parasitology

Bacteriological examination of some ready-to-eat foods in Faisalabad with special reference to Listeria monocytogenese

2^nd International Congress on Bacteriology & Infectious Diseases

November 17-19, 2014 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago-North Shore, USA

Iftikhar Hussain, Muhammad Shahid Mahmood and Faisal Siddique

Accepted Abstracts: J Bacteriol Parasitol

Abstract:

Rapid population, urbanization and changing life style are the major factors to use ready-to-eat (RTE) foods and numerous inhabitants meet their daily nutritional needs with this. This situation may be a risk for consumers due to microbial contamination in RTE foods. The microbiological quality as well as quantity of ready-to-eat food products sold in different streets and canteens in the city of Faisalabad was judged. A total of one hundred and twenty RTE food samples, including dahi baray, gol gappay, fruit chat and patties were collected from different canteens and streets in Faisalabad city between March and August, 2010. The most prevalent bacterial such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenese were isolated and counted. The viable bacterial counts were 7.4x104 cfu/ml, 3x104 cfu/ml, 2.5x104 cfu/ml and 4x104 cfu/ml for Dahi baray, gol gappay, fruit chat and patties, respectively. Precautionary measures and sanitary conditions were improved for the outbreak of food-borne diseases by the consumption of theses RTE foods.