The bacterial contamination of egg rolls sold by hawkers in Delta state was investigated. A total of 60 samples of egg rolls were randomly bought from hawkers from four major locations in Delta state and screened for pathogenic bacterial contamination. The samples were microbiologically analyzed using spread plate method of 1ml of dilution factor of 10-7 aliquot inoculums of the samples. The total aerobic count showed heavy contamination ranged from 2.50x106–4.80x108cfu/g, Staphylococcus aureus count ranged from 1.47x106-2.80x108 cfu/g and Enterobacteriaceae count ranged from 2.17x106-9.6x108 cfu/g. Probable organisms isolated from the egg rolls sold by hawkers were Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, Bacillus, Salmonella, Streptococcus, Proteus, Escherichia coli, Shigella and Micrococcus. Most of the egg rolls sampled were therefore considered to pose health risk to the consumers, making it imperative to institute sanitary measures during processing, storage and marketing of the egg rolls to prevent food borne illness.
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