ASSESSMENT OF MICROBIAL QUALITY OF FISH MARKETED IN DISTRICT LAHORE, PAKISTAN ...

• Main Authors: Zahid Sharif Mirza, Suman Riaz, Usman Elahi, Javairia Shafi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCHOLARLY RESEARCH ACADEMY 2024
• Subjects: Attu
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13939710; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13939710

Abstract Determination of the microbial quality of food fish is essential to understand the potential health risks associated with fish consumption. Present study was conducted to assesses the microbial quality of fish procured from conventional vendors and superstores randomly selected from different zones of Lahore. Forty-three (43) samples of three different fish species; Labeo rohita, Oreochromis niloticus and Wallagu attu were collected from six zones of Lahore to determine their microbial quality in terms of total plate count, total coliform, fecal coliform, and E. coli. Results indicated that 9.30% of samples exceeded permissible limits for total coliform, with remarkable fecal contamination observed in over half of the samples. Highest total plate count (16.45 ± 9.66) x 10³ cfu.g-1) was recorded in fish from the Nishtar zone. Fish samples collected from the Gulberg zone showed the highest counts for fecal coliform and E. coli (60.51 ± 49.96 MPN.g-1and 36.03 ±25.58 MPN.g-1, respectively). Fish from ...