Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 9 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 251-263
Vendors and Consumers Status, Water Quality and Microbial Analysis of Street Side Foods in Patuakhali District
Sujan Kanti Mali1, Md. Rabiul Haque2, Liton Chandra Sen3, Sourav Debnath1
1Assistant Professor, 2Professor, 3Associate Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Food Analysis, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali
Corresponding Author: Sujan Kanti Mali
ABSTRACT
A total of 90 shops were selected for data collection and 240 street food samples were collected. Maximum vendors 92.22% were male and age between 21-40 years. Majority (71.11%) of them were primary educated. About 92.33% vendors had owned business. The majority (62.28%) of them daily net profit up to TK. 500. Virtually 88.89% had no license. 68.89% of the vendors used stored water for cleaning utensils followed by pond and river water. About 77% of the vendors did not cover their food while selling. All of them use tube-well water as drinking water. About 58.89% of the vendors disposed their garbage on the roadside and a few (21.11%) threw them in the pond. During vending 37.78% vendor were kept their food in the open showcase. Only 1.11% consumer had the well knowledge about nutrition and 5.557% in hygiene. 38.89% consumers were student where degree or above educated. Most of the consuming areas (57.78%) were station.About 38.89% consumers had no idea of food preservation. Majority (57.77%) of consumers, consume always in road side. 77.77%of consumer’s were eaten roadside food as it saves time and easy access, although only 61.11% of them received it as unhygienic food. But it was gratifying to observe that nearly 72% of the consumers cut their nails properly.About one third (31.90%) of the samples were contaminated where 17.67% for E. coli. and, 15% for salmonella in street food.
Key words: Street food; Vendor; Microbial Analysis; Salmonella; E. Coli; Food nutrition