Table 5 Presence of selected foodborne pathogens in selected purchased food commodities
From: Food safety and dietary diversity in African urban cities: evidence from Ghana
A | Microbial levels | ||||
Commodity | Sampling Point | No. of samples tested | E. coli (log cfu/25 g) | Staphylococcus spp. (log cfu/25 g) | Salmonella spp. (log cfu/25 g) |
Cabbage | Trucks | 3 | 0.00 | 3.99 | 0.00 |
| Â | Wholesalers | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Â | Retailers | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Tomatoes | Trucks | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Â | Wholesalers | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Â | Retailers | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Maize | Trucks | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Â | Wholesalers | 7 | 1.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Â | Retailers | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Groundnuts | Trucks | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Â | Wholesalers | 1 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 |
| Â | Retailers | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
B | Aflatoxin B1 contamination | ||||
Commodity | Sampling Point | No. of samples tested | No. of samples with AFB1 permissible limits | ||
|  |  |  | (> 5.0 ppb)a | (> 8.0 ppb)a | (> 20.0 ppb)b |
Maize | Trucks | 4 | 3 | Â | 0 |
| Â | Wholesalers | 6 | 6 | Â | 1 |
| Â | Retailers | 3 | 3 | Â | 2 |
Total | Â | 13 | 12 | Â | 3 |
Groundnuts | Trucks | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Â | Wholesalers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Â | Retailers | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Total | Â | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 |