Microbiological evaluation of certain fruits and vegetables marketed in the city of Kenitra-Morocco

Fruits and vegetables are essential for human health due to their nutritional qualities, but the consumption of raw foods leads to food safety problems as they are recognized as sources of transmission of infectious diseases. The objective of this work is to assess the microbiological quality of som...

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Autores principales: Erahioui Rahma, Inekach Sultana, Jaber Hassna, Atfaoui Khadija, Rhaim Noureddine, Mennane Zakaria, Ouhssine Mohammed
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0a170204a022454785437c78a1424b512021-11-12T11:44:08ZMicrobiological evaluation of certain fruits and vegetables marketed in the city of Kenitra-Morocco2267-124210.1051/e3sconf/202131901112https://doaj.org/article/0a170204a022454785437c78a1424b512021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2021/95/e3sconf_vigisan_01112.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2267-1242Fruits and vegetables are essential for human health due to their nutritional qualities, but the consumption of raw foods leads to food safety problems as they are recognized as sources of transmission of infectious diseases. The objective of this work is to assess the microbiological quality of some fruits and vegetables marketed in the Kenitra city. The samples were purchased at the fruit and vegetable markets during the period from April to July 2018.The detection of microorganisms in the samples requires several steps which are weighing, dilution, isolation, enumeration and 'identification. The results of the microbiological analysis of fruits and vegetables studied show significant concentrations of the total aerobic mesophilic flora varies between 2.25 and 8.48 log10 CFU / ml, Concerning total coliforms the contamination rates vary between 1.92 and 8.42 log10UFC / ml, as well as the presence of fecal coliforms between 1.13 and 8.05 log10UFC / ml, in the same samples analyzed, strains such as: Escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus and a total absence of salmonella and shegilla. In order to improve the safety and hygienic quality of fruits and vegetables, the application of good hygienic practices as well as continuous microbial quality control is necessary to protect the health of consumers.Erahioui RahmaInekach SultanaJaber HassnaAtfaoui KhadijaRhaim NoureddineMennane ZakariaOuhssine MohammedEDP Sciencesarticlefruitsvegetablesmicrobiological analysisqualityEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350ENFRE3S Web of Conferences, Vol 319, p 01112 (2021)
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language EN
FR
topic fruits
vegetables
microbiological analysis
quality
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
spellingShingle fruits
vegetables
microbiological analysis
quality
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Erahioui Rahma
Inekach Sultana
Jaber Hassna
Atfaoui Khadija
Rhaim Noureddine
Mennane Zakaria
Ouhssine Mohammed
Microbiological evaluation of certain fruits and vegetables marketed in the city of Kenitra-Morocco
description Fruits and vegetables are essential for human health due to their nutritional qualities, but the consumption of raw foods leads to food safety problems as they are recognized as sources of transmission of infectious diseases. The objective of this work is to assess the microbiological quality of some fruits and vegetables marketed in the Kenitra city. The samples were purchased at the fruit and vegetable markets during the period from April to July 2018.The detection of microorganisms in the samples requires several steps which are weighing, dilution, isolation, enumeration and 'identification. The results of the microbiological analysis of fruits and vegetables studied show significant concentrations of the total aerobic mesophilic flora varies between 2.25 and 8.48 log10 CFU / ml, Concerning total coliforms the contamination rates vary between 1.92 and 8.42 log10UFC / ml, as well as the presence of fecal coliforms between 1.13 and 8.05 log10UFC / ml, in the same samples analyzed, strains such as: Escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus and a total absence of salmonella and shegilla. In order to improve the safety and hygienic quality of fruits and vegetables, the application of good hygienic practices as well as continuous microbial quality control is necessary to protect the health of consumers.
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author Erahioui Rahma
Inekach Sultana
Jaber Hassna
Atfaoui Khadija
Rhaim Noureddine
Mennane Zakaria
Ouhssine Mohammed
author_facet Erahioui Rahma
Inekach Sultana
Jaber Hassna
Atfaoui Khadija
Rhaim Noureddine
Mennane Zakaria
Ouhssine Mohammed
author_sort Erahioui Rahma
title Microbiological evaluation of certain fruits and vegetables marketed in the city of Kenitra-Morocco
title_short Microbiological evaluation of certain fruits and vegetables marketed in the city of Kenitra-Morocco
title_full Microbiological evaluation of certain fruits and vegetables marketed in the city of Kenitra-Morocco
title_fullStr Microbiological evaluation of certain fruits and vegetables marketed in the city of Kenitra-Morocco
title_full_unstemmed Microbiological evaluation of certain fruits and vegetables marketed in the city of Kenitra-Morocco
title_sort microbiological evaluation of certain fruits and vegetables marketed in the city of kenitra-morocco
publisher EDP Sciences
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/0a170204a022454785437c78a1424b51
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