DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2022.v10i07.014

Pages: 1123-1132

Locally prepared Fura da Nono was obtained from three different markets each of Masaka, Auta and Nyanya districts all in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Bacteriological analysis were conducted on the samples for isolation and identification of pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Viable colony counts were determined and the result reveals that the colony count ranged from 4.0 x 104 to 7.0 x 104 cfu/ml. The bacteria isolated were Lactobacillus, Klebsiella, Micrococcus, and Salmonella species also, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia mercescens, Bacillus pumillus, and Staphylococcus aureus, with Lactobacillus species, Micrococcus species and Staphylococcus aureus having the highest levels of occurrence, having been isolated from all the samples analyzed. The high microbial colony counts and the presence of the above isolated bacteria may very well be related with free prevalence of some diseases experienced by some people consuming locally prepared Fura da Nono, especially students of Bingham University Karu, community. Since ‘Fura da Nono’ serve as one of the major source of beverages for the inhabitants of Karu Local Government Area. It is recommended that bacteriological examination of the food be carried out periodically so as to assess their suitability for consumption also regulatory agencies should carry out surveillance on hawkers of the food and public enlightenment campaign should be embarked upon. . Based on the result with the use of use of spearman’s rank correlation there is high correlation between the low percentage of the isolated bacteria from the control fura samples and the high percentage of bacteria detected from the test fura. (R= 0.8) Based on the result the level of bacterial load gotten from the Masaka, Auta, and Nyanya is higher than that of the control (Habib fura).