Abstract
The study was conducted to evaluate food safety in street-vended foods in Khartoum city:
A study on the assessment of bacteriological profile and the factors that contribute to food
contamination, using standardized survey tool containing 41 questions to test food safety
knowledge and practices of 30 street vendors.
The analysis of demographic characteristics revealed that the all participants were females
and the majority of age group of 31- 40 years (53.3%) most of the vendors have illiterate
education (46.7%) and most of them are unmarried (60.0%). Concerning health and personal
hygiene knowledge, these people agree that one of the most important responsibilities of the food
handlers is washing hands to food safety measures (56.7%). Most of respondents failed to
identified terms of food-borne disease, but some of the participants were able to identify the term
of food-borne illness.
75 swap samples of different site were taken from hands of workers, knives, dishes, foods
and surfaces of food preparation and taken in sterile containers. Bacterial total viable count
(TVCs) was carried out. The result of the TVCs revealed statistical significance difference of all
samples site (p>0.05). Isolation and identification of bacteria in different sample site were
Salmonella spp, Staphylococcus spp, Echerichia coli and Streptococcus spp. The saving of food
hygiene is very difficult to practice on street in setting where resources are scarce and
surroundings are of low environmental and sanitary standards.
Ahmed, A (2021). Assessment of Bacteriological Profile and the Factors that Contribute to Food Contamination In Hilat KuKu. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/assessment-of-bacteriological-profile-and-the-factors-that-contribute-to-food-contamination-in-hilat-kuku
Ahmed, Ahmed "Assessment of Bacteriological Profile and the Factors that Contribute to Food Contamination In Hilat KuKu" Afribary. Afribary, 20 May. 2021, https://track.afribary.com/works/assessment-of-bacteriological-profile-and-the-factors-that-contribute-to-food-contamination-in-hilat-kuku. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
Ahmed, Ahmed . "Assessment of Bacteriological Profile and the Factors that Contribute to Food Contamination In Hilat KuKu". Afribary, Afribary, 20 May. 2021. Web. 24 Dec. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/assessment-of-bacteriological-profile-and-the-factors-that-contribute-to-food-contamination-in-hilat-kuku >.
Ahmed, Ahmed . "Assessment of Bacteriological Profile and the Factors that Contribute to Food Contamination In Hilat KuKu" Afribary (2021). Accessed December 24, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/assessment-of-bacteriological-profile-and-the-factors-that-contribute-to-food-contamination-in-hilat-kuku