The purpose of this research was to evaluate the microbial quality of famous street foods vended in Karachi city and find out the potential sources implicated in food contamination. To proceed with this study, dry and wet procedures were used via closed system questionnaire and gold standard...

Annually, millions of the people suffer from foodborne diseases which are mainly associated with poor food handling practices. The poor food safety knowledge and practices increase the risk of food contamination and foodborne diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between...

Globally, food safety has prime importance for the public health and well being of consumers. In Pakistan, high pesticide residues, presence of aflatoxins, heavy metals, and microbial contamination of food are pressing issues of food safety. The current food safety administration in Pakistan lacks...

Typhoid fever is endemic in Pakistan, with high annual incidence rates. An outbreak of extensively drug-resistant typhoid fever that first started in the Hyderabad district of Sindh province in November 2016 immediately spread to the whole province. We conducted an age-matched case-control study to ...

Listeriosis is an emerging bacterial disease of animals and humans worldwide, caused by Listeria monocytogenes. The infected dairy cows continuously shed the microbes in their milk, a human being's concern. This study was designed to molecular characterize the Listeria monocytogenes isolated from...

Many segments of the population now get affordable foods because of growing trend of street vending in developing nations. There have been reports from all over the world that fruit juices sold on streets are tainted with numerous bacteria causing a number of human illnesses. Major outbreaks...

The present study was carried out to investigate the effects of seasonal variation on the microbiological quality of various food items collected from Karachi, Pakistan. A total of two thousand food samples were collected during summer, winter, spring, and autumn season and analyzed for total...

Food-borne diseases are a major health problem in developing countries including Pakistan. With regard to meat hygiene, the question is posed whether carriers of pathogenic organisms, like Salmonella, shigella, and E. coli can contaminate a product with their hands. This might be possible in case...

Staphylococcus aureus is an important foodborne pathogen associated to food intoxication and other multiple infections in human being. Its presence in salted food is a serious issue due to its salt tolerance potential. A study was conducted to analyze the presence of enterotoxins producing drug...

Tetracyclines are commonly used in livestock for the treatment of various diseases. Their residues above the maximum residual limit-MRL (200 μg kg^-1) can cause health hazard issues not only in humans but also in animals. For this purpose, efforts were made to study distribution and depletion...