Bacterial Contamination of the Local Available Ice Cream in Hila City Jabuk Sura I. A.1, Al-Sultany Dhurgham A.A.2, Hashim Kadhim Kh.3 1Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Babylon, Iraq 2College of Water Resources Engineering, Al-Qasim Qreen University, Iraq 3College of Environmental Science, Al-Qasim Qreen University, Iraq Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract Ice cream is a frozen food which is usually consumed during summer. it is considered as good food which may provide refuge for many microorganisms that can cause many diseases. Also, it is considered important because it is associated with consumers health. This research investigates the contamination of ice creams available in markets by microbes. Ten types of Ice cream where gathered from the market(Behtak, Jawaad Azburi, Core Dor, AL-Fakma ice cream, KDD silver, Fistachio, AL-Furat, Solero, KDD White), The samples were transported to the laboratory to conduct the necessary tests using a clean and sterilized container with a temperature of zero Celsius. One gram of each specimen was taken and diluted. afterwards, each sample was cultivated on different cultivation mediums under 37 degree Celsius for 24 hr. Also, other biochemical tests were conducted in this research to determine the type of bacteria. The results shown the type of bacterial isolated was (Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, salmonella enteritidis) this types of bacteria caused of many type of human diseases and food poisonings. Top Keywords Ice cream, Bacterial contamination, Food poisonings. Top |