Abstract:
Street vended foods sold are sources of food readily available to people all over the world, and
the microbial quality and safety of these foods is always uncertain. Street food is the main
source of foodborne diseases in developing countries because it provides a source of cheap
nutrients for most low-income groups. This study was aimed at determining the prevalence of
Salmonella, Escherichia coli and Yeasts and moulds in street vended suya sold at Magboro
area of Ofada/Mokoloki LCDA, Ogun state. The samples were cultured on Eosin methylene
blue agar, Potato dextrose agar, Nutrient agar, Sorbitol-MacConkey Agar, MacConkey agar
and Xylose lysine deoxycholoate agar. The highest count of pathogenic E. coli was 3.6 Log10
CFU/g while for Total viable count was 6.2 Log10 CFU/g. Salmonella was not detected in 25g
of the food sample. This study has demonstrated that suya sample sold in Magboro market
constitute a potential health hazard to consumers as a result of the pathogenic microorganisms
isolated from the food that rendered them microbiologically unsafe and unacceptable. Hence,
the need for monitoring of this nutrition products by educating processors and consumers on
good sanitary practices during processing displaying and sale of the products and the possible
danger of contaminated products.
