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This paper investigated on-farm vegetable contamination and potential health risks using samples of lettuce, spring onions and cabbage randomly selected from 18 vegetable farms in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana. Vegetable samples were tested for total coliform, fecal coliform, Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. bacteria contamination using the Most Probable Number method. Results show high contamination levels of total and fecal coliforms, and Escherichia coli bacteria in all 18 vegetable samples. The mean total coliform\/100&nbsp;ml concentration for spring onions, lettuce and cabbage were 9.15&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;10<sup>9<\/sup>, 4.7&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;10<sup>7<\/sup> and 8.3&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;10<sup>7<\/sup> respectively. The mean fecal coliform concentration for spring onions, lettuce and cabbage were also 1.5&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;10<sup>8<\/sup>, 4.15&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;10<sup>7<\/sup> and 2.15&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;10<sup>7<\/sup> respectively, while the mean Escherichia coli bacteria contamination for spring onions, lettuce and cabbage were 1.4&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;10<sup>8<\/sup>, 2.2&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;10<sup>7<\/sup> and 3.2&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;10<sup>7<\/sup> respectively. The level of total coliform, fecal coliform and Escherichia coli bacteria contamination in all the vegetable samples however declined as the distance between the main water source (Wiwi River) and farms increases. Nonetheless, all contamination levels were well above acceptable standards, and could therefore pose serious public health risks to consumers. Increased education and supervision of farmers, as well as public health and food hygiene education of consumers, are critical to reducing on-farm vegetable contamination and the health risks associated with consumption of such vegetables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","mots_cles":[],"class_list":["post-23452","resume","type-resume","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"adresse":"Department of Geography and Rural Development, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. abakabila@yahoo.com","annee":"2015","mois":"10","numero":":","page":"","auteurs":[{"ID":23449,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-03 21:26:27","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-03 20:26:27","post_content":"","post_title":"Kabila Abass","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"kabila-abass","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-03 21:26:27","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-03 20:26:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/auteur\/kabila-abass\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auteur_resume","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":23450,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-03 21:26:28","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-03 20:26:28","post_content":"","post_title":"John Kuumuori Ganle","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"john-kuumuori-ganle","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-03 21:26:28","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-03 20:26:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/auteur\/john-kuumuori-ganle\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auteur_resume","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":23451,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-03 21:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-03 20:26:29","post_content":"","post_title":"Eric Adaborna","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eric-adaborna","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-03 21:26:29","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-03 20:26:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/auteur\/eric-adaborna\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auteur_resume","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"sources":[{"ID":6484,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-03 17:38:49","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-03 16:38:49","post_content":"","post_title":"Journal of community health","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"journal-of-community-health","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-03 17:38:49","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-03 16:38:49","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/source\/journal-of-community-health\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"source","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.6 (Yoast SEO v23.6) - 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