Food safety knowledge and practices of street foodvendors in Atbara City (Naher Elneel State Sudan)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6967-6971

  Abdalla, M A ^a   Suliman, S E ^a   Bakhiet, A O ^a  

^a SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Food; Street; Vendors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COOKED FOOD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREET FOOD; SUDAN;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 74549226628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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