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Microbial Quality of Home Prepared Complementary Foods in Slum Households with Children of Age 6-24 Months in Addis Ababa: A Community Based Cross-sectional Study
Open Journal of Food and Nutrition
| Vol 1, Issue 1
Table 2. Growthprevalence of aerobic plate count, S.aureus,yeast, molds, and total coliform, fecal coliforms and E.coli in samples of complementary foods (n=91).
| Microorganisms | No growth (%) | Growth (%) |
| Log APC | 12.1 | 87.9 |
| Log S.aureus | 42.2 | 57.8 |
| Log Yeast | 19.8 | 80.2 |
| Log Molds | 44 | 56 |
| Log Total coliforms | 65.9 | 34 |
| Fecal coliform | 81 | 19 |
| E.coli | 90 | 10 |
| Salmonella/shigella | 100 | 0 |