Vol. 13 No. 2 (2025)

Articles

• A STUDY OF FOOD HYGIENE PRACTICES AMONG INFORMAL AND FORMAL FOOD VENDORS IN PORT HARCOURT

  Grace Ifunanya Okonkwo

  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15487683

  This study investigates the knowledge, attitude and practice of food hygiene among food handlers in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State.  A descriptive survey design was adopted as the research design for this study. The study population comprised of all the food handlers in Port

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• ASCORBIC ACID CONCENTRATION IN DIFFERENT RIPENING STAGES OF BALANITES AEGYPTIACA

  Ibrahim Chukwudi Eze

  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15487685

  The ascorbic acid (vitamin C) content of the ripe and   unripe fruits of Balanites aegyptiaca was   determined   by using2,6 dichlorophenolindophenol method. The pulp of the ripe and unripe   fruits   was   scrapped and   liquidized and then   the   dye   2,6 

  
  
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• IMPACT OF SUN DRYING ON THE LONGEVITY AND SAFETY OF BREADFRUIT VARIETIES IN NIGERIA

  Faith Chidinma Worlu

  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15487687

  Research on the nutrient quality and phyto-chemical properties of three species of sundried bread fruits was conducted in the Plant Pathology and Food Science and Technology Laboratories in the Rivers State University. Varying concentrations of moisture, ash, lipid, fibre, protein and

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• FOOD SAFETY EVALUATION OF KPOMO: MICROBIOLOGICAL AND HEAVY METAL SCREENING IN MARKET SAMPLES

  Samuel Ebube Okpara

  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15487689

  Kpomo serves as a major source of meat in Nigeria and due to it’s unhygienic processing conditions could pose public health risks. This study investigated the microbiomes of kpomo meat sold in markets. Results obtained revealed that kpomo meat had the highest total heterotrophic bacterial count

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