TY - JOUR AU - Aqeel, Afsheen AU - Abbas, Tanveer AU - Mirani, Zulfiqar Ali AU - Naveed, Tooba AU - Ahmed, Niaz AU - Basit, Abdul PY - 2021/03/03 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Seasonal Variation in Microbial Contamination of Various Food Items in Karachi: Microbial Contamination of Various Food JF - Biological Sciences - PJSIR JA - Pakistan Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research VL - 64 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.52763/PJSIR.BIOL.SCI.64.1.2021.75.80 UR - https://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/1720 SP - 75-80 AB - <p>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 bacterial count (TBC), total <em>Califarm </em>count (TCC), <em>Fecal califarm </em>count (FCC), mould and yeast count (MYC) and <em>Salmanella </em>spp. The highest percentage of unfit samples was recorded during summer <em>i.e</em>. 25.95%, while the lowest value 11.24% and samples were found unfit in terms of total bacterial count during winter. Furthermore, 24.25% of samples were unsatisfactory during the autumn season followed by spring <em>i.e</em>. 14.54%. Moreover, findings further demonstrated that MYC was observed higher in all seasons as compared to TBC. None of the samples was found positive for <em>Salmanella </em>spp.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -