Determination of total aerobic and indicator bacteria on some raw eaten vegetables from wholesalers in Ankara, Turkey

Ayçıçek, Hasan; Oguz, Utku; Karci, Koray

doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2005.07.006

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“…Among three sources, the mean AMC for spinach was in range of 6.25-6.66 log cfu g -1 , tomato 4.51-5.71log cfu g -1 , carrot 4.94-5.84 log cfu g -1 , Radish 4.8-5.75 log cfu g -1 , Cucumber 5.15-5.92 log cfu g -1 , cabbage 4.07-5.24 log cfu g -1 and Long melon 4.96-6 log cfu g -1 (Table 2). Similar to the findings of the present study, aerobic plate count of raw vegetables were evaluated to be in range of 5-10 log cfu g -1 (Viswanathan and Kaur, 2001;Saddik et al, 1985;Aycicek et al, 2006;Jeddi et al, 2014).…”

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“…Seo et al, (2010) reported AMC ranged between 2.0-9.7log cfu g -1 in 345 minimally processed vegetables from department store, supermarket, and restaurant. Carrot samples procured from wholesalers and retail stores had found with total plate count of 3.8-6.5log cfu g -1 and 7.8log cfu g -1 (Aycicek et al, 2006;Abadias et al, 2008). Mean AMC of supermarket vegetables (Table 2) was observed in agreement with Cardamone et al, (2015) and Aycicek et al, (2006).…”

Section: Aerobic Mesophilic Count (Amc) Of Vegetablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Carrot samples procured from wholesalers and retail stores had found with total plate count of 3.8-6.5log cfu g -1 and 7.8log cfu g -1 (Aycicek et al, 2006;Abadias et al, 2008). Mean AMC of supermarket vegetables (Table 2) was observed in agreement with Cardamone et al, (2015) and Aycicek et al, (2006). The lower AMC of supermarket vegetables as compared to village fields and vendors was due to the thorough washing of the vegetables and storage at low temperature.…”

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Fresh Farm Vegetables as a Source of Virulent Drug Resistant Salmonella enterica

Sood¹,

Sahota²,

Hunjan³

2017

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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Section: Aerobic Mesophilic Count (Amc) Of Vegetablessupporting

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Fresh Farm Vegetables as a Source of Virulent Drug Resistant Salmonella enterica

Sood¹,

Sahota²,

Hunjan³

2017

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…A possible reason for this is due to the fact that leafy vegetables like these have high folds and the higher surface area which make more susceptible to trapping dirt, irrigation water or soil in the folds (Aycicek et al, 2006). This leads to a higher potential of microbial colonization on these types of vegetables and hence leading to higher risks of microbial pathogenesis.…”

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Microbiological variation amongst fresh and minimally processed vegetables from retail establishers - a public health study in Pakistan

Sair¹,

Masud²,

Sohail³

et al. 2017

Food Res.

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Fresh and minimally processed ready to eat vegetables are very attractive eatables amongst consumers as convenient, healthy and readily available foods, especially in the South Asian states. They provide numerous nutrients, phytochemicals, and vitamins but also harbor extensive quantity of potentially pathogenic bacteria. The aim of this study was to determine microbiological variation amongst fresh vegetables that were commercially available to the public at numerous retail establishments in Pakistan in order to present an overview of the quality of fresh produce. A total of 133 samples, collected from local distributors and retailers were tested for aerobic mesophilic and psychrotrophic, coliform and yeast and mould counts. Standard plating techniques were used to analyze all samples. Mesophilic count ranged from 3.1 to 10.3 log CFU/g with lowest and highest counts observed in onions and fresh cut vegetables. Psychrotrophic microorganisms count was as high as mesophilic microorganisms. Maximum counts for coliform were found in fresh cut vegetables with 100% samples falling over 6 log CFU/g. These results were consistent with yeast and moulds as well. In our study, Escherichia coli was determined as an indicator organism for 133 samples of fresh and minimally processed vegetables. Fresh cut vegetables showed the highest incidence of presumptive E. coli (69.9%). The results showed a poor quality of fresh vegetables in Pakistan and point to the implementation of good hygiene practices and food safety awareness amongst local distributors, food handlers at retail establishments.

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“…Presence of bacterial isolates including Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Shigella spp. possesses a potential risk of food borne illness to consumers [5,6,7,8]. Another important health related concern on fruit consumption lies on the prevalence of drug resistant microorganisms which is known to extensively hamper the disease medication [9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

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Microbiological Profiling of Imported Apples and Demonstration of Bacterial Survival Capacity through <i>in vitro</i> Challenge Test

Fatema¹,

Acharjee²,

Noor³

2013

AJMR

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Present study conducted a complete investigation on microorganisms contaminating the imported apples commonly consumed in Dhaka metropolis, Bangladesh. Study of microbial prevalence demonstrated a substantial number of total viable bacteria (~10 7 cfu/g) in each of the dissected portions, i. e., surface, body and core of the samples except for the body and core portion of Malus paulared (Paula Red). Among the specific pathogens, Staphylococcus spp. was found to be predominant within a range of 1.6×10 5 -2.8×10 7 cfu/g, while Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Pseudomonas spp., Vibrio spp. and Listeria spp. were also identified. Fungal contamination (~10 6 cfu/g) was observed only in the surface of each of the categories of apple samples tested. Study of antibiogram showed that most of the bacterial isolates were multi-drug resistant (MDR); however, study of antimicrobial activity showed that the Malus pumila (Golden delicious apple) samples possessed the anti-bacterial effect against Vibrio spp. Further studies employing the in vitro challenge test revealed a decline trend in the survival potential of spoiling bacteria in the apple samples tested.

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Determination of total aerobic and indicator bacteria on some raw eaten vegetables from wholesalers in Ankara, Turkey

Cited by 97 publications

References 19 publications

Fresh Farm Vegetables as a Source of Virulent Drug Resistant Salmonella enterica

Fresh Farm Vegetables as a Source of Virulent Drug Resistant Salmonella enterica

Microbiological variation amongst fresh and minimally processed vegetables from retail establishers - a public health study in Pakistan

Microbiological Profiling of Imported Apples and Demonstration of Bacterial Survival Capacity through <i>in vitro</i> Challenge Test

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