Microbiological quality evaluation of fried rice sold at food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang
Food contamination is a crucial health problem as it could result in food-borne illness. This research aimed to evaluate the microbiological quality of ready-to-eat (RTE) fried rice dishes sold at different type of food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang. Total Plate Count (TPC), Staphylococcus aureus...
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| author | Abu Bakar, Ibrahim Abdul Rafa, Ainin Azwani Abdullah Sani, Norrakiah |
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| description | Food contamination is a crucial health problem as it could result in food-borne illness. This research aimed to evaluate the microbiological quality of ready-to-eat (RTE) fried rice dishes sold at different type of food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang. Total Plate Count (TPC), Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus and Aeromonas spp. bacteria were used as microbiological contamination indicators. About 52 samples were collected stratified randomly from four types of food premises (restaurant, cafeteria, food stall and night market) where about 13 samples were respectively collected from each type of the food premises. The results showed that TPC had medium mean count (6.30x105±1.47x105 cfu/g), S. aureus and B. cereus had high mean counts (7.70x104±2.22x105 cfu/g and 3.85x105±1.67x106 cfu/g respectively), while Aeromonas spp. had medium mean count (7.13x104±2.42x105 cfu/g). The mean counts of TPC in the samples collected from cafeteria were highest compare to other food premises. |
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| spelling | iium-650272018-08-14T04:01:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65027/ Microbiological quality evaluation of fried rice sold at food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang Abu Bakar, Ibrahim Abdul Rafa, Ainin Azwani Abdullah Sani, Norrakiah QR Microbiology Food contamination is a crucial health problem as it could result in food-borne illness. This research aimed to evaluate the microbiological quality of ready-to-eat (RTE) fried rice dishes sold at different type of food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang. Total Plate Count (TPC), Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus and Aeromonas spp. bacteria were used as microbiological contamination indicators. About 52 samples were collected stratified randomly from four types of food premises (restaurant, cafeteria, food stall and night market) where about 13 samples were respectively collected from each type of the food premises. The results showed that TPC had medium mean count (6.30x105±1.47x105 cfu/g), S. aureus and B. cereus had high mean counts (7.70x104±2.22x105 cfu/g and 3.85x105±1.67x106 cfu/g respectively), while Aeromonas spp. had medium mean count (7.13x104±2.42x105 cfu/g). The mean counts of TPC in the samples collected from cafeteria were highest compare to other food premises. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-07-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65027/1/65027_Microbiological%20quality%20evaluation%20of%20fried%20rice.pdf Abu Bakar, Ibrahim and Abdul Rafa, Ainin Azwani and Abdullah Sani, Norrakiah (2018) Microbiological quality evaluation of fried rice sold at food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 2 (1). pp. 285-291. E-ISSN 2600-8491 http://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/135 |
| spellingShingle | QR Microbiology Abu Bakar, Ibrahim Abdul Rafa, Ainin Azwani Abdullah Sani, Norrakiah Microbiological quality evaluation of fried rice sold at food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang |
| title | Microbiological quality evaluation of fried rice sold at food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang |
| title_full | Microbiological quality evaluation of fried rice sold at food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang |
| title_fullStr | Microbiological quality evaluation of fried rice sold at food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microbiological quality evaluation of fried rice sold at food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang |
| title_short | Microbiological quality evaluation of fried rice sold at food premises in Kuantan city, Pahang |
| title_sort | microbiological quality evaluation of fried rice sold at food premises in kuantan city, pahang |
| topic | QR Microbiology |
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