Study the Contamination of Raw Fennel Seeds by Coliform Bacteria Served In the Hotels and Restaurants

Fennel seeds served in small hotels and restaurant that eat everyone from child to adults may transmit the infection of feco- oral route. Fennel is traditionally used for medicinal and culinary purposes but most of the peoples it is use to served as herb at home, hotels and restaurant. It kept open at most of the small hotels may get chances of contamination. In this short term descriptive cross sectional observational research study 94 samples of fennel seeds were collected commonly from small hotels and restaurants to check the contaminant bacterial pathogens. One spoonful Fennel seeds sample inoculated on culture media and isolated growth was identified by using standard bacteriological methods. 64 samples (68.1%) out of 94 was found contamination and in 10 samples Escherichia coli was grown that indicate recent contamination by fecal flora may associated with infection occurred by feco-oral transmission. Needs health education of workers in hotels to take care of cleanliness and maintain the good hygiene.