| In this study, different samples of Orange fruits/juice were analyzed using Pour Plate Method (PPM) and Spread Plate Method (SPM). Samples analyzed includes; Raw orange Fruit (RF) serving as control, Manually Extracted orange Juice (MEJ), Machine Extracted orange Juice (MAEJ), Pasteurized Machine Extracted orange Juice at 850C (PMAEJ, 850C) and Refrigerated Machine Extracted orange Juice at 40C (RMAEJ, 40C). The objective of the experiment was to evaluate the micro-organisms count in the raw and processed orange fruits using the PPM and the SPM . The micro-organisms count considered include; Total Heterotrophic Plate Count (THPC), Total Coliform Count (TCC), Total Faecal Coliform Count (TFCC), and Fungal Count (FC). A total of 15 micro-organisms were... |
