Evaluation of Food Trucks' Hygiene During Mass Gathering Events.
food trucks
hygiene
mass gathering
mesophilic
psychotropic
temperature
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
Historique:
accepted:
11
11
2021
entrez:
19
11
2021
pubmed:
20
11
2021
medline:
20
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
During any event, food- and waterborne diseases represent a health risk, so food should be kept in a chilled state while being supplied in the trucks before distribution to consumers. The study aimed to evaluate temperature conditions, microbial contamination of food trucks, and their compliance to the basic local and international standards of food safety during a mass gathering event (pilgrimage). Fifty food trucks were evaluated for proper food storing and microbial contamination (load). A food truck inspection checklist was made to check if the trucks followed the standards of food safety and hygiene. The results showed that 90% of the trucks' refrigerators were between 3 and 5°C. The number of total mesophilic and psychrotrophic bacteria in the contact surfaces varied between 1.93-6.16 (mean 4.0433) and 0.08-4.50 (mean 3.3340) log CFU (colony-forming units)/100 cm
Identifiants
pubmed: 34796080
doi: 10.7759/cureus.19470
pmc: PMC8589344
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e19470Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021, Ahmed et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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