Microbiological assessment of sugar cane juice sold in Peshawar city
2008
Abid, H. (Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Labs. Complex, Peshawar (Pakistan). Food Technology Centre) | Ali, J. (Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Labs. Complex, Peshawar (Pakistan). Food Technology Centre)
Sugar cane juice sold by street venders and hawkers are very popular in our country. The present study was aimed to examine the quality and safety of freshly squeezed sugar cane juice based on standards techniques. Forty samples of sugar cane juices were collected from selected area and analyzed for total viable count (TVC), total coliforms, E. coli, yeast and mould. All these parameters were detected on the operator hands (except yeast & mould) and ice used for cooling the juice. The results showed that in all the localities the street vended sugar cane juices remained hygienically poor as indicated through high bacterial load i.e. 4x102-3x107 cfu/mL. All samples were contaminated with coliforms bacteria ranged from 46-1100 cfu/mL. Seventy five percent samples were contaminated with confirmed E. coli. All the examined samples were contaminated with yeast and mould. Total coliform was present in all analyzed samples of ice whereas confirme d E. coli were present in 37% samples and TVC of ice sample ranged from 1x102-2x105 cfu/mL.
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