Bacteriological Quality of Vegetable Salads Sold at Restaurants Within Okada Town, Edo State, Nigeria

Osamwonyi, Osarobo Uwamere and OBAYAGBONA, O.N and Aborisade, Tope Wakil and Olisaka, Frances N. and Uwadiae, Eseosa and Igiehon, Ozede Nicholas (2013) Bacteriological Quality of Vegetable Salads Sold at Restaurants Within Okada Town, Edo State, Nigeria. IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences, 5 (2). pp. 87-90. ISSN 2278-3008

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Abstract

Eighteen samples of vegetable salads sold from three restaurants located at Okada town, Edo State were collected and their bacteriological attributes were investigated using routine methods. The mean heterotrophic and coliform counts recorded for the salad samples ranged from 1.46×104 to 2.80 ×104 CFU/g, and 1.46 ×104 to 2.84 ×104 CFU/g for food centre A. THC and TCC counts (1.74 ×104 to 2.36 ×104 CFU/g and 1.36 ×104 to 2.10 ×104 CFU/g, respectively were obtained for vegetable salads collected from Eatery B. Microbial counts for salads obtained from food service center C varied from 2.08×104 to 2.60 ×104 CFU/g and 1.12 ×104 to 2.90 ×104 CFU/g for THC and TCC, respectively. The differences between the mean bacterial counts were statistically insignificant (P>0.01). Twelve non hemolytic bacterial isolates were identified; Acinetobacter sp., Bacillus sp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis, Serratia marcescens, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Micrococcus leutus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Escherichia coli, Citrobacter freundii, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytoca. E. aerogenes had the highest percentage of occurrence (56%) amongst the isolates. It is recommended that sellers and food handlers within the respective restaurants should make conscious efforts to decontaminate and properly handle the vegetables prior to its salad preparation.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science > QR Microbiology
Divisions: Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences
Depositing User: Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited: 28 Aug 2025 03:57
Last Modified: 28 Aug 2025 03:57
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5343

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