Analysis of Practices of Street Food Vendors and Sensory Assessment of Street Foods (Fast Foods And Juices) in Allahabad City,(U.p.) India

Nayansi; Mishra; Atul Anand; Shukla; R.N.; Ankita

Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2014

Analysis of Practices of Street Food Vendors and Sensory Assessment of Street Foods (Fast Foods And Juices) in Allahabad City,(U.p.) India

Nayansi, Mishra, Atul Anand, Shukla, R. N. , Ankita

Abstract :

The present investigation aimed to study the practices of street food vendors and the quality assessment of street foods and juices served by food vendors in Allahabad City, (U.P.) India. The data were gathered from 30 food vendors using semi structured questionnaires. The results showed that the street food sector is dominated by males, and 66% of them attended primary school.66.6% vendors were mobile and none of them possessed health certificate. Major cause of contamination was dusty roads and vehicles passing. 86% vendors didn�t use any protective clothing. 83% vendors had short nails. While 66% handled money without washing hands. 50% vendors washed utensils and hand with clean water and none of the vendors used disinfecting soln. Sensory assessment was also done comprising of duo trio test and triangle test. Reference samples were Tropicana juice and Mc Aloo Tikki from Mc Donalds. These findings demonstrate that the ready-to-eat food vended in Allahabad City constitute an important potential hazard to human health. Provision of health education to the vendors and enforcing implementation of appropriate hygienic practices would improve food quality.