also found that 80 of the vendors use the same oil for frying repeatedly till it gets exhausted which could have adverse impact on the health of consumers the piece of cloth used for cleaning the surface utensils and covering food items is also used by the vendor for cleaning hands the container used to bring semicooked food items from home also double up as dustbins while waste water and garbage are disposed nearby providing nutrients for insects and rodents personal hygiene of vendors was also observed it was found that more than half were wearing dirty clothes and risk of contamination was enhanced by the practice of using hands for serving food items many vendors wore finger rings touched money several times in between and then touched the food items without washing the hand besides hands of majority of the vendors were found to be dirty and nails were not filed