Fecal Contamination on Produce from Wholesale and Retail Food Markets in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Fecal Contamination on Produce from Wholesale and Retail Food Markets in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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DOI:
10.4269/ajtmh.17-0255
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发表时间:
2018-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Pickering, Amy J.
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作者:
Harris, Angela R.;Islam, Mohammad Aminul;Pickering, Amy J.
Fresh produce items can become contaminated with enteric pathogens along the supply chain at the preharvest (e.g., irrigation water, soil, fertilizer) or postharvest (e.g., vendor handling or consumer handling) stages. This study assesses the concentrations of fecal indicator bacteria Escherichia coli, enterococci (ENT), and Bacteriodales on surfaces of carrots, eggplants, red amaranth leaves, and tomatoes obtained from both a wholesale market (recently harvested) and neighborhood retail markets in Dhaka, Bangladesh. We detected E. coli in 100% of carrot and red amaranth rinses, 92% of eggplant rinses, and 46% of tomato rinses. Using a molecular microbial source tracking assay, wefound that 32% of produce samples were positive for ruminant fecal contamination. Fecal indicator bacteria were more likely to be detected on produce collected in retail markets compared with that in the wholesale market; retail market produce were 1.25 times more likely to have E. coli detected (P=0.03) and 1.24 times more likely to have ENT detected (P=0.03) as compared with wholesale market produce. Bacteriodales was detected in higher concentrations in retail market produce samples compared with wholesale market produce samples (0.40 log(10) gene copies per 100 cm(2) higher, P = 0.03). Our results suggest that ruminant and general fecal contamination of produce in markets in Dhaka is common, and suggest that unsanitary conditions in markets are an important source of produce fecal contamination postharvest.