Is Your Fridge Breeding Ground For Harmful Bacteria?

22.10.2011 [16:35]
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Baku, October 22 (AZERTAC). Although the contents of your fridge may look appetising, it could be riddled with an unhealthy amount of nasty germs, bacteria and mould, a recent study has discovered.

Researchers from the Microban Europe discovered a host of potentially dangerous bugs lurking in the average fridge, including E.coli, salmonella and listeria.

Worryingly, these findings are just in the salad drawer alone. Tests from 30 different salad drawers found a startling number of bacteria, with an average of 7,850 bacteria colony-forming units per square centimetre (cfu/cm2). In some cases, it found 129,000 bacteria per cfu/cm2.

“The whole purpose of a fridge is to keep food safe and minimise the chances of bacteria and mould growth so it is worrying that in some there is clearly a substantial problem, as the research indicates,” Paul McDonnell, who commissioned the study, told the Daily Mail.

Is Your Fridge Breeding Ground For Harmful Bacteria?

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