• Chitra Bagmar
• Sayed Rizwan A

Contamination of fresh produce with Salmonella may occur during any point from fork to table Salmonella species (spp.) causes an estimated infection in around 20 million people worldwide each year and is responsible for several human deaths. Salmonella spp. have been isolated from all animal foods but also found in the vegetables such as tomatoes, spinach, alfalfa, etc. Globally several outbreaks of Salmonellosis have been found to be associated with the consumption of raw tomatoes. This is because of the fact that Salmonella attaches to the surface of tomatoes and also present in the interior due to geotropic transmission via contaminated soil and irrigation with contaminated water. In India, where most of the population is still using vendor based system to buy the vegetables, and no hygienic methods being employed and thus possibility of Salmonellosis cannot be ruled out as evident from large chunk of the population falls sick with Salmonellosis every year. Hence the present study was initiated with a total of 50 tomato samples randomly collected from different vegetable markets and food vendors. From these,6 samples were found to contain the Salmonella spp. All 6 isolates were then subjected to the antibiotic susceptibility test and were noticed to be resistant against several antibiotics.

Salmonella, tomatoes, soil, antibiotic susceptibility, resistant.

"MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANT SALMONELLA IN FRESH TOMATOES FROM VEGETABLE MARKET OF AURANGABAD CITY, MAHARASHTRA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no.213-218, April-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFW06028.pdf

"MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANT SALMONELLA IN FRESH TOMATOES FROM VEGETABLE MARKET OF AURANGABAD CITY, MAHARASHTRA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no. pp213-218, April-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFW06028.pdf