Street foods and restaurant foods play a significant role in people‟s day-to-day food options as well as their consistent nutritional requirements are dependent on these foods. As their ever-growing demanding schedule take away the chance to eat homemade food. Due to convenient availability, these eateries foods are one of the primary food choices especially for city people. Over the years, many food-borne diseases have been appeared due to contaminated non-homemade food intake. | Assessment of microbial load of fasting foods available in street side Midlevel restaurants and high-level restaurants during Navratri 2017 6 2 1484-1495 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 2 2017 pp. 1484-1495 Journal homepage http Original Research Article http Assessment of Microbial Load of Fasting Foods available in Street Side Mid- Level Restaurants and High-Level Restaurants during Navratri Sandip T. Gaikwad Vikas Saxena Dinkar B. Kamble and Ashutosh Upadhyay National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Kundli Haryana India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Street foods and restaurant foods play a significant role in people s day-to-day food options as well as their consistent nutritional requirements are dependent on these foods. As their ever-growing demanding schedule take away the chance to eat homemade food. Due to convenient availability these eateries foods are one of the primary food choices especially for city people. Over the years many food-borne diseases have been appeared Keywords due to contaminated non-homemade food intake. Navaratri is one of the major fasting time Fasting food Eateries in India. Lots of individuals observe fast during this holy period. Many restaurants and NCTD Shardiya street side stalls offer different kind of fasting food during this season. This study was Navratri Fasting Street conducted to analyze the microbiological quality of selected fasting foods which are sold food Microbiological in street side stalls mid-level restaurants and high-level restaurants during Shardiya quality Food hygiene Navaratri. This study examined the microbiological quality of four most generally Food safety. consumed fasting food items of road side carts mid-level restaurants and high-level restaurants of each district in National Capital Territory of Delhi India. Total Plate
