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Table 4 Fruit juice microbiological results by MPN and TVC results (Log cfu/ml)

From: Survey of physicochemical characteristics and microbial contamination in selected food locally vended in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania

Incubation temperature

Total coliform count

Number of fruit juice samples

Percentage

TVC (Log cfu/ml)

Number of fruit juice samples

Percentage

At 37 °C

0

7

23.3

0

8

26.7

460

1

3.3

4.2–5.0

4

13.3

1100

2

6.7

5.2–5.4

4

13.3

≥1100

20

66.7

5.7–5.9

3

10.0

   

6.1–6.3

6

20.0

   

>6.3

5

16.7

At 44.5 °C

0

8

26.7

0

9

30.0

460

2

6.7

4–5.1

6

20.0

11–28

4

13.3

5.2–5.7

6

20.0

1100

1

3.3

5.8–5.9

4

13.3

≥1100

15

50.0

>6.3

5

16.7