Determination of microbial contamination of olovie salads consumed in Isfahan

Increasing use of ready to eat foods is because of changing in lifestyle, increasing urbanization and benefits of this food in terms of ease of use and time-saving preparations. Microbial contamination of foods such as Olovie salad, without any secondary processing stage, is very serious. In this study, 102 samples including 48 samples of Olovie salad produced by industrial units and 54 samples produced in traditional units in Isfahan were purchased and their microbial contamination compared with the Iranian standard number 17813. The results showed that 60.4 % of industrial and just 7.4% of traditional samples were in accordance with the national standard in all microbial tests. Industrial samples showed significant difference just in contamination with Staphylococcus aureus (P