• Dr Suparna R. Deshmukh

The Food Safety and Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI) has been established under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, which consolidated various acts. FSSAI has been created for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption. The important objectives behind regulation of Food Act is to collect and collate data regarding food consumption, incidence and prevalence of biological risk, contaminants in food, residues of various contaminants in food products, identification of emerging risks and introduction of rapid alert system. In Ahmednagar City, large number of people consumes PaniPuri sold by street vendors. PaniPuri provides the risk of food poisoning due to microbial contamination and thus causes threat to the human health. With this aim, studies on microbial and chemical analysis of PaniPurifrom street vendors has been subjected for analysis. Three samples from most crowdy places in Ahmednagar City has been undertaken for present studies. Alongwith Microbial analysis,heavy metals Pb(mg/kg), As(mg/kg), Hg(mg/kg), Sn(mg/kg), Cd(mg/kg), Cu(mg/kg) have also been detected. All collected samples of Pani-Puri water which are collected from different vendors in Ahmednagar City are excellent as Total Coliforms and Esherichia Coli are absent. Trace metals like Pb, As, Hg, Sn, Cd and Cu are present within permissible limits as per FSSAI Specifications 2011.

Microbial and chemical assessment of food stuffs from street vendors in ahmednagar city

"Microbial and chemical assessment of food stuffs from street vendors in ahmednagar city", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.15-19, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904T02.pdf

"Microbial and chemical assessment of food stuffs from street vendors in ahmednagar city", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp15-19, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904T02.pdf