Assessment of Bacteriological Quality of Fast Foods and Soft Drinks in Relation to Safety and Hygiene

Abstract

Food and drinks with proper nutritional value, hygienic in quality and appropriate in quantity is essential for good and active life. Fast foods, ready-to-eat are gradually getting popularity and hence, a huge number of fast food shops are growing even without concerning of microbial safety and hygiene 1 . The recent trends in eating out among upper society, teenagers and youth have also increased and the fast food has won the palate of those groups. These are served as helpful purpose in official and private meeting, working people at lunch time and also Tiffin of students of different categories etc. But those fast foods may cause of serious problem when they are contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms due to lack of proper environmental and sanitary processing, lack of proper hygienic practices and storage mishandling 2 .The disease causing agents spread by food and water not only incapacitate large groups of people, but also sometimes result in serious disability and even death. The transmission of human diseases through food, water and waste water is a global problem, particularly in developing countries where gastrointestinal diseases are one of the most important causes of mobility and mortality. However, food habits adopted by populations may mitigate or increase the hazards 3-4 . The above mentioned hazards can be minimized to a great extent simply by monitoring the microbiological quality of food and drinks and creating awareness among the people about the fundamental principles of sanitation and hygienic quality of foods. The purpose of this study was to assess ready-to-eat foods and drinks consumed by people of different socioeconomic status.The study was confined to Dhaka City where varieties of fast foods are consumed by different classes of people under various environments. It was a randomized cross sectional survey conducted in the Dhaka City. On the basis of consumers taste rating of foods and establishments and food price the four categories of shops were selected as Type A (upper class, n = 54), Type B (middle class, n = 78), Type C (moderate class, n = 42) and Type D (lower class, n = 30). Observation of hygienic status of the selected restaurants was followed with questionnaire technique.About 200 g of solid or semi-solid and 200 ml liquid samples were collected aseptically and were kept in insulated cool box. Solid or semi-solid food samples (20 g) were mixed with sterile Ringer's solution and homogenized with stomacher for 5-10 and serial dilutions were made up to 10 -8 . The membrane filtration technique was followed for trapping the bacterial cells in liquid samples (e.g., drinks, water etc.). The trapped cells on the filter were then

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