ASSESSMENT OF THE SPREAD OF FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS IN AREAS WHERE FOOD IS CONSUMED IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN ISTANBUL

Abstract

In this study it was aimed to identify the critical control points of the primary schools (10 schools from European districts and 10 schools from Anatolian district of istanbul / total 20 schools, the schools with foodcourts / private and / or state schools) foodcourts and to explore the microbiological loads of the aforementioned critical control points for some important foodborne pathogens (plate count, coliforms, Escherichia coli, Stapylococcus aureus, Salmonella spp. and Bacillus cereus). Besides, a risk alignment was established among these critical control points. Also the contaimation ways of the mentioned foodborne pathogens were determined by using statistical methods. Thus, the contamination tools of the anaylzed foodborne pathogens were determined and the correlations among the critical control points and the foodborne pathogens will be exposed.The results were discussed by using the scientific literatures for determining the basic criterias of the contamination and spreading ways of the aforementioned foodborne pathogens.