Coliforms, more recently fecal coliforms, and enterococci are often used to assess the hygienic quality of foods. Although these bacteria serve rather successfully as an index of fecal pollution of water supplies, their usefulness in measuring fecal pollution in foods is less than satisfactory. The ratio and correlation of coliforms and enterococci in fish-fillet and lobster-meat samples led us...

Street food refers to a variety of food and beverages prepared and sold by vendors in streets and other public places for immediate consumption. Selling street foods is an important occupation in many cities in developing countries. As hygienic standards may not be maintained during the preparation of these food items, there is always concern about their safety, quality and hygiene.1 We studied...

Evaluating food quality is a complex process since it relies on numerous criteria historically grouped into four main types: nutritional, sensorial, practical and hygienic qualities. They may be completed by other emerging preoccupations such as the environmental impact, economic phenomena, etc. However, all these aspects of quality and their various components are not always compatible and the...

Abstract Aim. To find out the level of theoretical knowledge nurses working in internal medicine and surgical wards about hygienic hand disinfection to evaluate its application during work performance. Material methods. A questionnaire was conducted, supplemented by observations with records observation sheets. The group respondents consisted 60 wards. Results. a selected sample reaches an aver...