Mohamed Osman Elamin

Department of Public Health & Informatics, Umm Al-Qura University, KSA

Publications

• Research   
  Evaluation of Ready-Made Food Sold for Human Consumption at City Local Market
  Author(s): Elgazafey Basheer H Ahmed, Nazik EM Mustafa, Mohamed Osman Elamin* and Hatim A Natto
  
  Background: Food conveys various microorganisms that cause diseases and food poisoning in humans. Low numbers of initial microbial contamination could result in the rapid growth of spoilage or pathogenic organisms. Food-borne diseases are rapidly spreading and transmitting causing outbreaks. The number of food-borne illnesses increases every year. In Sudan, diarrheal disease was the second major disease during the years from 2003 to 2007 as reported in an annual health statistical report of the Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan. The study aims to evaluate the safety of food to the consumer. Methodology: This study was conducted at Khartoum Locality. One hundred forty-five different food samples (milk and milk products, egg, red and white meat, and their products) were collected randomly. Probable number as traditional method and E. coli, Salmonella typhi and Shigella dysentery, the in.. Read More»
  

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