Good Manufacturing Practices and Microbial Contamination Sources in Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Puree Processing Plant in Kenya

Table 6

Microbial counts of installations in OFSP puree processing plant¹ (log Mean CFU⋅cm⁻²).

Sample	TVC	Yeast-Molds	S. aureus	Enterobacteriaceae	Coliforms	E. coli
Floors	8.03 ± 0.87	5.71 ± 0.94	5.31 ± 0.40	6.98 ± 0.35	6.66 ± 0.22	2.75 ± 3.20
Walls	8.69 ± 0.65	6.17 ± 0.56	5.54 ± 0.03	7.00 ± 0.26	6.43 ± 0.54	1.45 ± 2.51
Drains	8.71 ± 0.73	5.46 ± 1.29	5.33 ± 0.90	7.20 ± 0.06	6.80 ± 0.36	3.50 ± 3.14

All values reflect mean counts and standard deviation. Values bearing different superscript letters in each column are significantly different (); TVC: total viable counts.