African Journal of
Food Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Food Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0794
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJFS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 976

Full Length Research Paper

Handling practices and microbiological quality of kayabo - salted sun-dried nileperch Lates niloticus from Lake Victoria, Tanzania

Nuru E. Mwasulama
  • Nuru E. Mwasulama
  • Tanzania Bureau of Standards, P. O. Box 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Jamal B. Kussaga
  • Jamal B. Kussaga
  • Department of Food Technology, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P. O. Box 3006, Morogoro, Tanzania.
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Bendantunguka P. M. Tiisekwa
  • Bendantunguka P. M. Tiisekwa
  • Department of Food Technology, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P. O. Box 3006, Morogoro, Tanzania.
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  •  Received: 21 April 2020
  •  Accepted: 24 November 2020
  •  Published: 31 March 2021

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