“Bacteriological Anylsis of Vegetable Sold in Market, Study of Contamination From Agriculture Land to Market.”

Abstract

Vegetables get contaminated with pathogenic microorganism will growing in field during harvesting,post harvesting handling,processing and distribution.A number of studies have been carried out previously to detect the extent of microbiological contamination in fresh salad vegetables.The vegetable samples were analyzed from the total viable count(TVC)and the present of pathogen such as E. coli, S. typhiand S.aureus. Result was found that the salad vegetables were showed a wide variation in total viable count ranging from 2.5X104 to 11X105 cfu/g. The percentage of pathogen on vegetable sample was found such as E.coli 77.77% S. typhi 61.11% and Saureus 72.22% these vegetables are usually consumed without proper washing;there is the probability of consumers contracting pathogens if they get in contact with the vegetables. There is a need to promote awareness about the possible health hazards that could be due to poor handling storage and used of water on these vegetables for their freshness.