Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Abstract

Hygienic Assessment of Tools Used for Juice Extraction by Street Juice Vendors in Close Vicinity of Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Anane MA and Immanuel G

This study was conducted to assess the hygiene of tools used for juice extraction by street vendors in close vicinity of Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (India) and the quality evaluation of juice prepared. Structured questionnaires and observational checklist was used in the data collection. A total of 18 juice vendors were interviewed followed by swab test of toolsused by the vendors such as; knives, extractors, collectors and sieve used during extraction. General hygiene of the juice vendors that is the sanitary practices in the extraction of juice and washing of tools and utensils were observed to be very poor. The total coliform counts on knives, collectors, sieve and extractors were above the recommended level of TPC. The mean coliform count on extractor was 1.56 × 10³ cfu/ cm². The mean coliform count on utensils (collectors) was 1.02 × 10³ cfu/ cm². The mean coliform count on sieve was 1.08 × 10³ cfu/ cm² and the mean coliform count on knives was 0.19 × 10³ cfu/ cm². The maximum coliform count was found on extractors and the minimum was found on knives. Most of the tools had total coliform count above the recommended maximum levels which is 1.0 × 10³ cfu/cm².