Volume 30, Issue 2, August 2020, Pages 535–542
Insaf Ghailani1, Adnane Louajri2, Asmae Zawjal3, El Ouardy Khay4, and Said Barrijal5
1 Laboratoire de Biologie Appliquée et Pathologie (LBAP), Faculté des Sciences, Tétouan (FS), Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
2 Laboratoire de Biologie Appliquée et Pathologie (LBAP), Faculté des Sciences, Tétouan (FS), Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
3 Laboratoire régional de diagnostic épidémiologique et d’hygiène du milieu (LRDEHM), Tétouan, Morocco
4 Laboratoire de Biologie et Santé (LBS), Faculté des Sciences, Tétouan (FS), Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
5 Department de Biologie, Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Tanger, Maroc
Original language: English
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The microbiological quality analysis of 914 samples of food products, taken at restaurants and food outlets the most vulnerable to human health in the Tetouan region (Northwest of Morocco) between 2012 and 2017, were conducted at the Regional Laboratory for Epidemiological Diagnosis and Environmental Health. This analysis showed that the rate of non-compliance of different food categories reached 77.8% during 2012, and then it dropped to a percentage of 60.5% in 2014, and a rate of 62.5% during the year 2017. This non-compliance affected all the food categories studied, but it varies according to the type of food. Meat products and raw vegetables are the most contaminated, with a rate of non-compliance of 80.75% and 81.81% respectively, followed by dairy products with a rate of 63.47%, and ready meals with 60 %.
Author Keywords: Food restaurants, food outlets, microbiological quality, Northwest of Morocco.
Insaf Ghailani1, Adnane Louajri2, Asmae Zawjal3, El Ouardy Khay4, and Said Barrijal5
1 Laboratoire de Biologie Appliquée et Pathologie (LBAP), Faculté des Sciences, Tétouan (FS), Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
2 Laboratoire de Biologie Appliquée et Pathologie (LBAP), Faculté des Sciences, Tétouan (FS), Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
3 Laboratoire régional de diagnostic épidémiologique et d’hygiène du milieu (LRDEHM), Tétouan, Morocco
4 Laboratoire de Biologie et Santé (LBS), Faculté des Sciences, Tétouan (FS), Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
5 Department de Biologie, Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Tanger, Maroc
Original language: English
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The microbiological quality analysis of 914 samples of food products, taken at restaurants and food outlets the most vulnerable to human health in the Tetouan region (Northwest of Morocco) between 2012 and 2017, were conducted at the Regional Laboratory for Epidemiological Diagnosis and Environmental Health. This analysis showed that the rate of non-compliance of different food categories reached 77.8% during 2012, and then it dropped to a percentage of 60.5% in 2014, and a rate of 62.5% during the year 2017. This non-compliance affected all the food categories studied, but it varies according to the type of food. Meat products and raw vegetables are the most contaminated, with a rate of non-compliance of 80.75% and 81.81% respectively, followed by dairy products with a rate of 63.47%, and ready meals with 60 %.
Author Keywords: Food restaurants, food outlets, microbiological quality, Northwest of Morocco.
How to Cite this Article
Insaf Ghailani, Adnane Louajri, Asmae Zawjal, El Ouardy Khay, and Said Barrijal, “The Microbiological Quality of Commercialized Food Products in Northwest of Morocco,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 535–542, August 2020.
