PARASITIC CONTAMINANTS OF SOME FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SOLD IN SOME SELECTED MARKETS IN USHONGO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to access the parasitic contamination of some fruits and vegetablessold in selected markets in Ushongo Local Government area of Benue State. Sixty samples eachof carrot,Garden cgg and Date were screened for parasitic contamination using laboratory andmicroscopic analysis. Carrot was the most contaminated 59(42.4%) followed by Date42(30.2%) and the least contaminated was garden egg with 38(27.3%) contamination.The highrate of parasitic contamination observed in these studies might be due to poor hygienic andsanitary handling of vegetables, poor transport and packaging of fruit and vegetables, waste andcontaminated water irrigation and washing and other conditions of cultivation. To avoid theinfections that comes from parasitic contamination of fruits and vegetables, one needs to avoideating of unpeeled raw fruits and uncooked vegetables, rather good hygienic processes becarried out before the consumption of these fruits and vegetables.
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