Drumstick (Moringa oleifera Lam) belongs to the family Moringaceae. The shelf life of fresh moringa pods ranged between 3-5 days. This leads to heavy post harvest losses during peak season. Moringa pods were cut into chewable size of 2.5 cm length and used in rotary dryer and filled to 65 and 80 per cent of dryer volume. Dried samples were packaged using polypropylene and multilayer packaging materials under vacuum and as normal air packaging condition and were stored at ambient (Normal

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... ure Pressure (NTP) and at cold storage condition for three months. Moringa pods of 2.5 cm length dried at 50 ⁰ C, filled to 65 per cent dryer volume in a rotary dryer, packaged in multi layer film, sealed under vacuum and stored at cold storage condition recorded minimum microbial load in multilayer packaging material.Among two storage conditions adopted, cold storage recorded minimum increase in microbial load value as compared to NTP storage. [630] Microbial load of dried moringa under rotary dryer in different storage and packaging conditions