Microbiological contamination of street foods at Thai Nguyen city.
- Author:
Lap Khai Hoang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
food
- MeSH:
Food Contamination;
Food
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2002;12(1):41-45
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A cross-sectional examination of 55 points of street foods in Thai Nguyen city was carried out, the results showed that 54.55% of samples of drinking water, 27.7% of samples of kitchen tools, 18.8% of samples taken from staffs hand and 52.73% of samples prepared foods were contaminated with microbiological agents (the main was E.coli) and did not meet hygienic national standards.