FOOD CONTAMINATION CAUSED BY TEXTILES IN HOMES AND THEIR POSSIBLE REMEDY: AN ANALYSIS

Abstract

Health and hygiene are the primary requirements for human beings to live comfortably and work with maximum efficiency. A fabric in kitchen has become important all over the world and a considerable usage is going in this direction. The fabrics in kitchen mainly used to keep the place clean where we cook our food and consume them later. The usage of fabric in kitchen is to free kitchen wears from wetness, which makes them easily get contaminated and pave way for spoiling the food. The kitchen fabric contamination takes place by accumulation of bacteria, fungi and other parasites. Studies conducted on kitchen fabric by researches from other countries clearly show that those fabrics in kitchen provide suitable environment for growth of bacteria and harbors various bacteria namely Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Streptococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus epidermis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Salmonella species, Shigella species, Clostridium perfringens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris, Enterobacter cloacae, Listeria species and Campylobacter jejuni. A suitable and safe finish is needed to protect the cloth from bacteria and at the same time also make the cloth to serve its purpose without contamination.