Abstract:
Street foods mean ready to eat foods and beverages that are prepared
and sold especially in streets or similar public places. The street foods
are prepared under unhygienic conditions and displayed openly to a
high degree of contamination. The objective of this study was to isolate
and identify the presence of enteric bacteria (Escherichia coli,
Klebsiella spp, Shigella spp, Salmonella spp and Vibrio spp) in different
street vended foods collected from different university premises in
Dhaka city. Thirty food samples were collected from fixed and mobile
vendors from different areas of Dhaka city. The tested samples were
jhal-muri, fuchka, vhel-puri, panipuri, bun, cake, danish, chola, peaju,
sweet, sheek-kabab, laddu, singara, somucha etc. Sterile polythene bags
were used to collect three different samples from each university. They
were tested for the presence of microorganisms following conventional
microbiological processes. Biochemical tests were performed for the
confirmation of
Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp, Shigella spp, Salmonella and Vibrio
spp. Among 30 samples divided into categories, 4 (13%) samples
contained E. coli, 4 (13%) samples contained Klebsiella pneumonia and
2 (7%) samples contained Vibrio spp. All these enteric pathogens could
be the potential cause for food-borne illnesses and provision of
education to the vendors would improve quality of street foods
Description:
This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
