Assessment of Microbial Burden on Vegetable Salads for Food Safety and Human Health

Authors

  • Diwakar Aggarwal Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala, Haryana 133207, India
  • Sushil Kumar Upadhyay Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala, Haryana 133207, India
  • Lovelpreet Kaur Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala, Haryana 133207, India
  • Amit Kumar Department of Biotechnology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Markos University (Ethiopia)
  • Harish Bhalla Biocell Institute of Biological Sciences, Patiala 147001, India
  • Raj Singh Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala, Haryana 133207, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp, Staphylococcus spp, Antibiotic susceptibility test, Triple sugar iron test, Simmons citrate test, Catalase test, Food security, Human health

Abstract

Plates of mixed greens salads have become  fundamental piece of individuals' eating routine  all around the globe. They are normally  consumed raw and with no treatment or careful  washing; henceforth they have been accounted  for to become vehicles for the transmission of  pathogenic microorganism related with human  diseases. Therefore, in present study fresh  samples of salads consisting of various fruits and  vegetable salads were collected from different  areas in vicinity Maharishi Markandeshwar  (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala  (HR), India and evaluated for bacterial loads  using standard microbiological techniques. Most  of samples showed presence of high amount  mesophillic bacteria. Some samples further  showed the presence of pathogens like Escherichia  coli, Salmonella spp. and Staphylococcus spp., which  were confirmed by using various biochemical test  like triple sugar iron test, catalase test and sugar  fermentation test etc. Most of microorganisms  were found to be susceptible towards various  antibiotics used in the study. The study may be  helpful to policy makers in planning of food  safety and health security in future for food  borne disease free livelihood, sustainable  development, economy and mankind. 

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Published

2020-05-15

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Vol. 39 No. 1 (2020): Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences Zoology (Jan-Jun) 2020

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Assessment of Microbial Burden on Vegetable Salads for Food Safety and Human Health . (2020). Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology , 39(1), 130–136. https://doi.org/10.48165/