Bacteriological Quality Assessment of Sliced Pineapple (Ananas comosus) in Birnin Kebbi and Jega Metropolis, Kebbi State, Nigeria

Manga S. S., Jega B. G., Kanya D. Y., Garba G. J., Yusuf A. B., Muhammad Z. M.

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Bacteriological quality assessment of ready-to-eat sliced pineapple was demonstrated with the aimed to determine the possible bacteria associated the sliced pineapple locally sold in Birnin Kebbi and Jega metropolis. A total of forty (40) sliced pineapple fruit samples over a period of two months (May and June) were purchased from distinct vending points of Birnin Kebbi (Sample A1 to A20) and Jega (Sample B1 to B20). The total standard plate count of the samples ranges from 2.0 x 103 to 4.8 x 104 cfu/g, in which on morphological and biochemical characterization revealed the presence of Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermis, Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with highest frequency of 23 and percentage occurrence of 57.5% for Staphylococcus aureus while a frequency of 8 and percentage of 20% was found for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Based on the findings, the pineapple fruits were not fit for human consumption, hence the need for proper, adequate and effective law on environmental sanitation governing the selling of sliced and ready-to-eat food hawking at different points of the metropolis and the state at large.

 


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