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| Assessment of Hygienic Practices and Microbial contaminants among Canteen Workers in Kano State Polytechnic, Kano State, Nigeria
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Mukhtar Aminu Bala; Musa Ahmed Abubakar, Umar Shittu
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Abstract:
Food hygiene is very vital in the fight against some pathogens and contaminants which are the major global health problem and are the leading cause of morbidity. Food handlers are sometimes the major carriers of pathogens due to poor personal hygienic condition. Working in Food Service Establishment (FSE) could be a potential source of infection due to pathogen organisms. Fungal contaminants from the hands of food handlers in School of Technology, Kano State Polytechnic were analyzed using sterile hand swabs to collect the sample from participants. 9 sample specimens from different FSE centers in School of Technology Kano were collected and subjected to fungal isolation and identification using Streaking method and Microscopy analysis. The fungal contaminants isolated were identified as Aspergillus spp., Penicillium spp. Fusarium spp., Nigrospora spp. and Yeast cells of which, all are concerned with food spoilage. Therefore, the association of food with these fungi can possibly cause contamination which might lead to outbreak of human diseases. Thus, good personal hygiene that could inhibit or eradicate these fungi is very important to ensure the safety of food from food-handlers especially in the School of Technology, Kano State Polytechnic, Nigeria.
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