Isolation of pathogenic bacteria from some foods sold at selected private schools in Akoka area of Yaba – Lagos, Nigeria

A total of sixty-four samples of four cooked foods from sixteen private primary schools in Akoka area of Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria were investigated for the occurrence of pathogenic bacteria. The area was divided into four zones, namely; Akoka north, Akoka south, Akoka east and Akoka west, using the four cardinal points. Four private primary schools were then selected from each of these zones. The standard plate count revealed that for Akoka North, the summary of the average microbial load for the rice, beans, meat and spaghetti samples are 3.5 × 10 4