Byron Díaz Cárdenas, Enrique Salazar Llorente, Ganyu Gu, Xiangwu Nou, Johana Ortiz, Pedro Maldonado, Juan Manuel Cevallos-Cevallos
Developing countries such as Ecuador carry a heavy food safety burden but reports on the microbiological quality of their foods are scarce. In this investigation, the microbial diversity of 10 high-risk and mass-consumption street-vended foods including bolones, encebollado, food dressings, ceviche, chopped fruits, fruit juices, fruit salads, cheese, raw chicken, and ground beef in Quito, Guayaquil, and Cuenca, 3 major population centers in Ecuador, were evaluated using 16S rRNA gene High Throughput Sequencing...
February 16, 2024: Journal of Food Protection