This standard is based on the bhutan food hygiene standard and the codex recommended international code of practice general principles of food hygiene. A total of thirty 30 salad samples were purchased from four zones of the district and transported to the spanish laboratory of the university for. While street foods are an important source of readytoeat nutrition and provides low cost meal for the urban poor population, the health risks possessed by such foods may outweigh their benefits. Latham 1997 further notes that millions of people depend on a wide variety, accessible and cheap street food on daily basis. Essential safety requirements for streetvended foods was prepared to provide guidance for governments on food safety measures which might be specifically addressed to street food vendors. Food safety behavior, attitudes and practices of street. It is known that aflatoxin is produced by some aspergillus fungal strains. Out of 576 samples, 24% were found to contain listeria species. Regional code of practice for street vended foods near east cxc 71r20. Microbial quality of readytoeat vegetable salads vended in.
Though the street vended food plays an important role. This brief recommends the establishment of a separate wellresourced street food regulatory division, with officers well motivated and trained with hazard analysis and critical control point haccp knowledge of how to regulate specific street vended foods. Despite the economic and nutritional benefits of street foods, the consumption of these roadside foods has been suggested to potentially increase the risk of food borne diseases as street foods are readily contaminated from different sources tambekar et al. International food safety authorities network infosan 30 june 2010 infosan information note no. Anova of the attitude of street vended food consumers on the sale and purchase of readytoeat street vended foods from different outlets within different groups n402 44 table 5. Risk factors in street food practices in developing countries. Street vended foods are those foods prepared and readytoeat or prepared at home and consumed on the street without further preparation martins and anelichi, 2000. Benefits of street vended foods street vended foods provide.
Microbiological quality of street vended fruit juices in hyderabad, india and their association between food safety knowledge and practices of fruit juice vendors s. The present guidelines define the general hygienic requirements and recommended practices concerning the preparation and vending of street foods. These foods are sold as street foods and are referred to as street vended local foods svlfs. Requirements for street vended foods, studied about in the hygienic handling of street vended foods and the attention to containers of pastes, sauces and other food activities, monitoring them for pathogen growth and visible deterioration of water used for drinking and preparation of beverages. Safety and quality assessment of street vended roasted. Microbiological quality of street vended foods in hawassa.
Food safety challenges towards safe, healthy, and nutritious. Mosupye department of microbiology, university of the witwatersrand, private bag 3, wits, 2050, south africa. Foods are often exposed near the road and vehicular emission is a major source of pollution of most street vended foods 10. Street foods feed millions of people daily with a wide variety of foods that are relatively cheap and easily accessible. Food safety and hygiene practices among street food vendors in noida, uttar pradesh, india amit kumar singh, narendra pratap singh and a. Dr paanii johnson, head of processing and engineering unit of the food research institute, told the ghana news agency that the socio economic survey of 334 vendors and a mini census indicated that street vended foods made an important contribution to the. The temperatures employed in the cooking and frying operations during street food preparations are high enough to kill the vegetative cells, but the resistant spores of microorganisms may survive 32.
Foodborne bacterial pathogens commonly detected in street vended foods are bacillus cereus, clostridium perfringens, staphylococcus aureus and salmonella spp. Microbial safety of street foods in industrial area, nairobi. Street food vending has become an important public health issue and a great concern to everybody. Study population randomly selected six street food types which vended in five regularly vending areas 1152016 4. Biotyping of bacillus cereus from the street vended foods. Bacteriological quality of street vended ready to eat. Amissah and owusu reported that the level and magnitude of sanitary practiceshygienic practices by food vendors can have great influence on the bacterial load in street vended foods. In this study, six samples each of six different vended foods obtained in calabar municipality were evaluated for bacteriological. The street foods play an important socioeconomic role in meeting food and nutritional requirements of city consumers at affordable prices to the lower and middle income people. The faowho codex alimentarius commission defines street vended foods or its shorter equivalent street foods as readytoeat foods prepared andor sold by vendors and hawkers especially in. Street vended foods play a key role in providing many urban dwellers with cheap, nutritious, and accessible food, but when prepared in an unhygienic and unregulated environment, they could contribute to increased food safety burden.
This study was carried out to evaluate the microbial safety of street food prepared and vended on site in the streets of industrial area, nairobi. Critical control points of streetvended foods in the. Effective and inclusive regulation of street foods in kumasi. From the philippine street foods 2015, also known as pagkaing kalye in filipino, street food is a wide variety of inexpensive cuisine that you. While, street vended foods are easily contaminated by food. Food safety problems pose a great threat to the health of consumers with the greatest burden in developing countries. Street vended foods are the major source of food borne diseases in most parts of subsaharan africa including nigeria. Purpose and scope the purpose and scope of the work is to develop the code of practice for street vended foods for the asian region. Effective and inclusive regulation of street foods in. While, streetvended foods are easily contaminated by food. The emerging needs have followed the control measures to improve microbial quality of street vended foods. Jan 26, 2011 foodborne bacterial pathogens commonly detected in street vended foods are bacillus cereus, clostridium perfringens, staphylococcus aureus and salmonella spp.
The development of regional code of practice for street vended foods asia prepared by india 1. Official data on the street food trade and the consumption of street foods are largely lacking, but a number of studies have been conducted which show that the street food trade is a large and complex sector, which provides a means of livelihood and an. The filipino food takes on an obviously evolving nature, from the streets of quezon city such as the street food that is more than just a convenience food source in the philippines, to the fivestar establishments of makati. What exists are a number of institutions whose mandate include, but are not limited to the regulation of street vended. Street foods ensure food security for lowincome group urban populations. Street food selling is largely an informal nature of enterprise which is a common practice all over the world. Hazard analyses were conducted at four streetvending stands in the dominican republic. Cii14 points check on food safety for street vended food, version 1. Food safety is the assurance that food will not cause harm to the consumer when prepared and consumed according to its intended use. Food poisoning due to street foods the epidemiological studies to suggest that street foods. International food safety authorities network infosan. Majority of safety studies on street vended foods had focused on microbiological contamination in street vended foods, and only few had studied other aspects that could affect the quality and safety of such food.
Street vended foods may not only be exposed to pathogenic microorganisms, but to hazardous chemicals as well. Therefore, present study was conducted to know the the percentage occurrence of the biotypes 1, 6, 2, 5, biotyping of bacillus cereus from the street vended and 7 was 14. Street foods are readytoeat foods and beverages prepared andor sold by vendors and hawkers especially in streets and other similar public places fao 1989. Bacteriological contamination of street foods among street. Water used for this purpose should be potable water. This may be partly attributed to improved surveillance, increased global. Attempts to suppress such foods are in most cases unrealistic and, if imposed, could have a detrimental impact on the local population. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the quality of juices sold by street vendors in guntur, a.
In the third world countries, this normally unregulated practice is mainly used in solving socioeconomic shortcomings through the. Temperatures of foods were measured during cooking, display. Potential for improving food and nutrition security or a risk factor for food borne diseases in developing countries. Street vended foods are easily accessible with unique flavors and play an important role in preserving the cultural and social heritage. Dec 12, 2011 street vended readytoeat food sold in egypt, including sandwiches and dishes of traditional food, was examined for the presence of listeria species. At that time street vended foods were perceived as unsafe and street food vending in south africa was regarded as a practice, which should be outlawed. Proximate and microbiological compositions of some foods and. Sudershan rao1 1food and drug toxicology research centre, national institute of. Microbiological quality and safety of readytoeat street vended foods in johannesburg, south africa francina m. The lack of hygiene in the preparation of svfs pose risk factors for foodborne disease outbreaks worldwide. According to fao 1997, street foods raised concern with respect to their potential food poisoning outbreaks due to improper handling and unhygienic practices among street food vendor.
Education of food industry means of improving food handling practices and thus the safety of food. Food safety and hygiene practices among street food vendors. Understanding challenges faced by street food vendors to. No information is also available on the virulence or pathogenicity of microorganisms isolated from street food matrices. People who patronize street food, have been reported to suffer from food borne diseases like diarrhea, cholera, typhoid fever and food poisoning 1519. The first comprehensively documented scientific research into the safety of street vended foods in south africa was carried out through universitybased research. One aspect that is not widely studied is the possible presence of heavy metals in street vended foods at an unacceptable level which may eventually lead to serious health problems. Report on the regulation of streetvended foods by the food and drugs authority background street vended foods svf refer to a wide range of readytoeat foods and beverages including cereals, fruits and vegetables which are prepared and sold in outdoor public places, notably streets, markets, school premises and lorry stations. Street food vendors are known to contribute a significant amount of money to the economy. The number of food poisoning notifications rose steadily worldwide since the inception of e.
Microbiological safety of streetvended foods in bangladesh. This standard is subject to the provisions of the food safety and standards act, 2006, and the regulations framed thereunder as amended from timetotime and any other related local regulations. The aim of the study is to assess the microbiological quality and safety of some street vended fruits. Codex alimentarius commission, procedural manual, latest edition. Street vended foods are readily available in many forms that the consumers can choose from, depending on their. They cause a great health problem in unhygienic conditions. Risk factors in street food practices in developing.
Street foods are sold in almost every country in the world. Data collected from streetvended food enterprises and on vendors from the urban area of cities of buldana districts, ms revealed that, they. The present study undertaken to assess the bacterial profile of masala pani and. Microbial status of street vended freshcut fruits, salad. Almost 70% of the street vended food samples collected from street vendors are showed high bacterial load. This study was conducted to evaluate the microbial quality of street. Pdf street food vending has become an important public health issue and a great concern to everybody. Jul 14, 2018 at present, street vended food svf is becoming a serious public health concern due to the intervention of different pathogenic microorganisms. In the same year 300 people became ill in hong kong after consumption of street vended foods. Fao 2009 defines street food as food sold at various points to ease consumer access at a low cost affordable by the poor.
Microbiological quality and safety of readytoeat street. The microbiological contamination levels of aerobic mesophilic bacteria ranged from 0 to 7. Heavy metals assessment and sensory evaluation of street. Foodborne bacterial pathogens commonly detected in street vended foods are bacillus cereus, clostridium perfringens, staphylococcus aureus. According to ycdc, food sectors are generally divided into four categories such as. In fact, people opt for such foods for their special taste and affordability. Technical manual n 38, chippy campden, gloucestershire, england 1992. Despite the preservation advantage offer by the low ph of between 3. Street vended foods are appreciated not only for their wide variety, unique taste, easy availability but also for food security for the low cost. The central characteristic of street foods in this definition is their retail location, that is. Agenda item 14 crd 2 joint faowho food standards programme. As a result, street food vending is on the rise in many developing countries.
Street foods were responsible for 691 food poisoning outbreaks and 49 deaths from 1983 to 1992 in shangdong province china lianghui, 1993. All street food items vended in five regularly vending areas at hawassa city was source population. The term street vended foods svf describes a wide range of readytoeat. Microbiological quality of street vended fruit juices in.
Presently, this research has revealed that there is no regulatory body in kumasi with its sole mandate the regulation of street foods. Street foods were responsible for 691 food poisoning outbreaks and 49 deaths from 1983 to 1992 in shangdong province china. According to fao 2007, street foods raised concern with respect to their potential food poisoning. Pdf incidence of staphylococcus aureus in street vended. Therefore the aim of this study is to explore the challenges faced by the street food vendors to maintain food hygiene while vending in dhaka city.
Microbial profiling of street foods of different locations. Special guidelines for street vended food should be developed and included in the general strategies for the prevention and control of cholera. Street food in urban ghana home food and agriculture. India is a country where each city boasts of its own unique street food and a large percentage of population relishes on these delicacies. The aim of this study was to determine the microbial quality of legume and vegetable based foods and the hygienic practices of streetlegume and vegetable based foods in bahir dar town. Requirements in the hygienic handling of streetvended foods. Street vending foods are readily available sources of meals for many people, but the microbiological quality of such foods have been always in doubt. Paper microbiological quality of selected street vended. This may be partly attributed to improved surveillance, increased global trade and.
There are reports of food borne illness associated with the consumption of street vended juices throughout the world and at several places in india. Who essential safety requirements for streetvended foods. The study determined the microbiological quality of precut vegetable salads sold in the central business district cbd of tamale. Sudershan rao1 1food and drug toxicology research centre, national institute of nutrition. Major sources contributing to microbial contamination are the place of preparation, utensils for cooking and serving, raw materials. Microbiological assessment of ethnic street foods of the. Evaluation of microbial quality of street vended vegetable. Preamble this standard is issued pursuant to the food rules and regulations of bhutan 2007. In many parts of the world, particularly in the developing countries, street food vending also makes an important contribution to employment, household revenue and food security. Aspergillus strains are common in human environment, and their effects on. Microbial quality of readytoeat vegetable salads vended. Determinants of microbial contamination of streetvended. Svlfs are defined as specific local foods associated with some particular ethnic groups in ghana, which are prepared and sold as readyto eat meals in the streets haleegoah et al. A few published reports on street food vendors in dhaka suggests poor microbial quality of street food and bear the risk of transmitting enteric disease in the communities.
The faowho codex alimentarius commission defines street vended foods or its shorter equivalent street foods as readytoeat foods prepared andor sold by vendors and hawkers especially in the streets and other public places cacgl 22 rev. It provides a livelihood for a large number of workers. Ackah 2011 suggested that one of the common ways of regulating street vended food in the developing countries is though medical examination of food vendors. The list of indian standards for guidance is given in annex a. Basic steps to improve safety of streetvended food. Microbial food safety hazards awareness of street vended food consumers.
Essential safety requirements for streetvended foods. Proximate and microbiological compositions of some foods. Bacteriological quality of street vended foods microbial contamination of street vended foods from a university campus in. Pdf data collected from streetvended food enterprises and on vendors in west african countries revealed that, they provide a variety of readytoeat. Bacteriological status of streetvended foods and public. Street vended local foods, food transformation, hausa koko, waakye, ga kenkye. Port harcourt is an urban city in the south south region of nigeria and diversed street foods are prepared and vended along the streets. This is due to widespread food borne diseases, due to the mushrooming of wayside food vendors who lack an adequate understanding of the basic food safety issues. Vendors are often with no formal education, untrained in food hygiene, and work. Regional code of practice for street vended foods near east cxp 71r20 introduction street vended readytoeat foods constitute an important link of the food supply chain as they have spread at a rather fast rate in many countries due to socioeconomic changes. Food safety problems still persist across the globe and remain a challenge to the general public and government. Bacteriological profile, antimicrobial susceptibility. The aim of this study was to establish the occurrence of common food poisoning pathogens including e. However, the ways and manners street foods are being prepared, handled and vended predispose them to recontamination, cross contamination and.
Nowadays, african national and local authorities, and international organizations agree on the nutritional, economic, social and cultural importance of street food, but they are also aware of. Jan 26, 2011 street food vending has become an important public health issue and a great concern to everybody. Street vendors form a very important segment of the unorganized sector in the countries of this region. Street vended food is defined according to food and agriculture organization fao as ready to eat foods and beverages prepared and sold by vendors especially in streets and similar public places for immediate consumption without further processing or preparation 1. This study therefore determines the proximate and microbiological compositions of the most commonly sold and consumed foods in lagos street. In 1988, 14 deaths were reported in malaysia because of food borne diseases related to street foods. The emergence of street food vendors has become very rampant, therefore there is an assumption that by their nature, street food contamination is inevitable, yet, millions of people depend on this source of nutrition.
Our results demonstrate the non hygienic quality of most popular types of street vended foods i. Pdf incidence and chemical implications of aflatoxin in. Street foods are readytoeat foods prepared andor sold by vendors in public places, and are appreciated for their unique flavor and convenience, as well as for maintaining the nutritional value of traditional foods. This is why some diseases are conveyed to human through infected fresh cut fruits, salad vegetables and juices.