Food Safety Challenges towards Safe, Healthy, and Nutritious Street Foods in Bangladesh
Table 2
Total aerobic bacterial and total coliform population and presence of different pathogens in the street food samples of Dhaka city.
Street food samples
Total aerobic bacterial population ()
Total coliform population ()
Presence of E. coli
Presence of E. coli O157, 0111, 026
Presence of Salmonella
Staphylococcus spp.
Listeria monocytogenes
Singara
8.8 ± 0.02
7.5 ± 0.02
ND
ND
ND
9/9
ND
Muri
7.5 ± 0.05
5.0 ± 0.08
ND
ND
3/9
9/9
ND
Chatpati
8.0 ± 0.06
5.8 ± 0.05
ND
ND
6/9
9/9
ND
Chitoi pitha
7.2 ± 0.05
4.0 ± 0.01
3/9
ND
3/9
9/9
ND
Sola
7.5 ± 0.04
4.8 ± 0.09
3/9
2/9
2/9
2/9
9/9
Jilapi
4.9 ± 0.03
3.3 ± 0.06
3/9
ND
3/9
3/9
ND
Jar water
3.0 ± 0.04
2.5 ± 0.08
8/18
2/18
2/18
6/18
ND
Achar
6.5 ± 0.03
2.0 ± 0.01
ND
ND
ND
3/9
ND
Amra
6.3 ± 0.04
2.7 ± 0.04
3/9
ND
ND
3/9
ND
Tehari
6.8 ± 0.05
2.0 ± 0.01
4/9
3/9
ND
2/9
ND
Vegetable Roll
5.7 ± 0.06
2.6 ± 0.05
2/6
1/6
ND
5/9
ND
Sugarcane juice
6.0 ± 0.04
5.1 ± 0.05
ND
ND
2/3
1/3
ND
Slice Cucumber
6.2 ± 0.01
2.7 ± 0.01
6/9
4/9
3/9
6/9
ND
Homemade Bread
3.9 ± 0.08
<1.0
ND
ND
ND
1/3
ND
Milk
7.2 ± 0.05
4.1 ± 0.03
3/3
1/3
ND
3/3
ND
Juice
3.5 ± 0.03
2.4 ± 0.06
3/3
ND
ND
2/3
ND
Bottled drinks
3.7 ± 0.07
<1.0
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
Results are expressed in average of three replicate samples ±SD, which are being calculated from duplicate plates. ND: not detected; <1.0: below detection limit; “” for positive in analyzed samples.
