Food safety and the area to assess the reasons behind the food borne illness, is the most ignored part of developing countries. Food safety is the serious issue which needs to be highlighted timely. The objective of the present study was to investigate the occurrence of multidrug resistance bacteria in ready to eat food sample directly effecting their nutritional and safety aspects which may lead to spread of fatal diseases.A total 15 samples of different ready to eat foods collected from different food eateries. All the selected samples were analyzed for detection of total viable count, coliform count, E.coli,Staphaureus, Bacillus cereus,Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, nutritional parameters and antibiotics resistance.Total Viable count of the samples ranged from 1.18×103 cfu/gm to 1.20×106 cfu/gm and Coliform count ranged from 1.00×102 to 2.29 × 103 cfu/gm. The highest counts were observed in sprouted salad and Chicken burger with total viable count 3.25×106 cfu/gm, 1.18×106 and coliform count8.51×103 ,2.60×103 . The rate of incidence forListeria monocytogenes(60%) and Salmonella isolates were higher than other isolates present in all samples. Eight out of fifteen samples (53%) were shown to be unacceptable quality based on Bacillus cereus and S.aureus; while six samples (40%) were contaminated with Salmonella and E. coli.Distribution of the number of isolates according to the number of the antibiotics, resistant showed was; 40% of the isolates were resistant to 8 antibiotics while 20 % of isolates were resistant to 7, 6 and 5 number of antibiotics.To limit contamination of foods by microorganisms including pathogens, we need to improve hygiene practices and the food chain in terms of the environment of distribution, processing and storage of foodstuffs.

Food safety & quality, Food borne pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, Acceptability