Microbiological quality of food contact surfaces (spoons) at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Food borne diseases increase worldwide and contamination of food contact surfaces serves as one of the reasons for their occurrence. The aim of this study was to determine the microbiological quality of spoons at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Five restaurants were selected therein...

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Main Authors:	Naili Nahar, Nor Ainy Mahyudin
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12172/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12172/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12172/1/23%20Naili%20Nahar%20Isa.pdf

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spelling	ukm-121722018-10-09T20:32:19Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12172/ Microbiological quality of food contact surfaces (spoons) at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia Naili Nahar, Nor Ainy Mahyudin, Food borne diseases increase worldwide and contamination of food contact surfaces serves as one of the reasons for their occurrence. The aim of this study was to determine the microbiological quality of spoons at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Five restaurants were selected therein for the study. They were respectively labelled A, B, C, D and E. A total of 150 cleaned spoons (30 spoons from each restaurants) that were ready to be used by customers at the restaurants were examined. Total plate counts (CFU/cm2) of the spoons were determined; the presumptive and confirmatory tests for the presence of Escherichia coli on the spoons were also conducted. The samples were collected by surface swabbing. The result showed that restaurant C and B had the highest and lowest total plate counts (TPC), respectively. Samples from 3 of the 5 selected restaurants (restaurants C, D and E) showed positive results for the presence of E. coli mainly due to poor dishware cleansing. On the contrary, negative results for the presence of E. coli at restaurant A and B were associated with the advance cleaning procedure, which used more hygienic method with dishwashers. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12172/1/23%20Naili%20Nahar%20Isa.pdf Naili Nahar, and Nor Ainy Mahyudin, (2018) Microbiological quality of food contact surfaces (spoons) at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 47 (7). pp. 1541-1545. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol47num7_2018/contentsVol47num7_2018.html
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description	Food borne diseases increase worldwide and contamination of food contact surfaces serves as one of the reasons for their occurrence. The aim of this study was to determine the microbiological quality of spoons at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Five restaurants were selected therein for the study. They were respectively labelled A, B, C, D and E. A total of 150 cleaned spoons (30 spoons from each restaurants) that were ready to be used by customers at the restaurants were examined. Total plate counts (CFU/cm2) of the spoons were determined; the presumptive and confirmatory tests for the presence of Escherichia coli on the spoons were also conducted. The samples were collected by surface swabbing. The result showed that restaurant C and B had the highest and lowest total plate counts (TPC), respectively. Samples from 3 of the 5 selected restaurants (restaurants C, D and E) showed positive results for the presence of E. coli mainly due to poor dishware cleansing. On the contrary, negative results for the presence of E. coli at restaurant A and B were associated with the advance cleaning procedure, which used more hygienic method with dishwashers.
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author	Naili Nahar, Nor Ainy Mahyudin,
spellingShingle	Naili Nahar, Nor Ainy Mahyudin, Microbiological quality of food contact surfaces (spoons) at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
author_facet	Naili Nahar, Nor Ainy Mahyudin,
author_sort	Naili Nahar,
title	Microbiological quality of food contact surfaces (spoons) at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_short	Microbiological quality of food contact surfaces (spoons) at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full	Microbiological quality of food contact surfaces (spoons) at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Microbiological quality of food contact surfaces (spoons) at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Microbiological quality of food contact surfaces (spoons) at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_sort	microbiological quality of food contact surfaces (spoons) at selected restaurants in klang valley, malaysia
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12172/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12172/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12172/1/23%20Naili%20Nahar%20Isa.pdf
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Microbiological quality of food contact surfaces (spoons) at selected restaurants in Klang Valley, Malaysia

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