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Food safety knowledge and
practices of street food-vendors in Atbara City (Naher
Elneel State Sudan)
M. A. Abdalla, S. E. Suliman and A. O. Bakhiet*
College of
Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Sudan University
of Science and Technology P.O. Box 204, Khartoum North,
Sudan.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
amel33@gmail.com
Accepted
22 September, 2009 |
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The study was conducted to evaluate the food safety knowledge
and practices of street food vendors in Atbara city between
March and April, 2008. The questionnaires respondents were
28% male and 72% were female, 48% of them had primary school
education while 42% were illiterates. The most prevalent
isolated bacteria from cooked meals, bottled drink and fresh
juice were; Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus auerus
and Bacillus sp. The viable bacterial counts were 4.6
CFU/ml, 3.7 CFU/ml and 4.1 CFU/ml for cooked meals, bottled
drink and juice, respectively.
Key
words:
Street, food, vendors. |
