Study on polyethylene/ fiber containers used to pack fast meals and investigation the most important isolated germs caused by. | ||
| iraq journal of market research and consumer protection | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 2, December 2014, Pages 73-88 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Reyadh Majeed Alwan; ; Noor Adnan; Reyadh Majeed Alwan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study focused on investigating the most commonly used types of containers in the conservation of fast food meals. the study involved the investigation of the most important microbial contaminants in these containers, and the effect of food temperature on the quality of the used containers.. Containers were sampled from three different restaurants classes: 1. Public restaurants located in residential areas, garages streets and public squares. 2. First class restaurants. 3. Universities restaurants. The results showed that most of the containers used in the public restaurants was either from plastic (polyethylene) or from expanded polystyrene, at ratio of 50% each. in first class restaurants, the ratio of plastic containers was 56% while the polystyrene ones was 36% and carton one was 8% The majority of containers used in universities restaurants were made of polystyrene (96%), and only a small ratio (4%) of plastic containers. The results of microbial contamination investigation for the containers before being used for food packaging that 100% of the universities restaurants containers were polluted, while public restaurants and first class restaurants did not show any type of pollution befor being used for food packaging. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| fast food; plastic containers | ||
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