Microbial Quality Of Sandwich (Shawarma) Sold In Different Fast Food Centers In Umuahia Metropolis.

ABSTRACT

Food is a chemically complex matrix, and predicting whether, or how fast, microorganisms will grow in any given food is difficult. Most foods contain sufficient nutrients to support microbial growth. Several factors encourage, prevent, or limit the growth of microorganisms in foods, the most important are water availability, pH, and temperature, Radical dietary shift in many developed and developing nations are supplanting traditional patterns of eating with a western diet high in animal meat products and refined carbohydrate and low in whole grains, fruits and vegetables. (Makukutu and Guthrie, 1986; Smith and Fratamico, 1995, ICMSF (eds), 1996) and Frank et al. (2008).