Fresh vegetables and peeled sugar-cane serves as an essential component of a healthy diet, but despite their benefit they are prompt to bacterial contamination. The bacteriological quality of four types of fresh vegetables and peeled sugar-cane obtained from selected markets in Zaria, Nigeria was determined using standard microbiological method. The fresh vegetables, peeled sugar-cane, water and hand-swab samples were collected from four different locations namely; Samaru, Sabon-gari, Tudun-wada and Zaria-city. The total bacteria plate counts ranged from 3.3 x 10 6 cfu/g to 1.6 x 10 7 cfu/g with Tudu-wada having the highest bacteria load in lettuce. The coliform count of fresh vegetables and peeled sugar-cane varies from 1.3 x 10 4 to 8.6 x 10 5 cfu/g in the entire markets with Tudu-wada having the highest value in cucumber, the counts were obviously above specified Standard of 10 5 cfu/g and 10 3 cfu/g (ICMSF, 1978) . Pathogenic bacteria isolated include; Citrobacter fruendii, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter spp. , Klebsiella. spp. , Shigella spp ., Serratia spp ., Cronobacter sakazaki, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas spp ., and others Staphylococci spp .. This study showed that, fresh vegetables and peeled sugar-cane are contaminated with pathogenic bacteria making them unsafe for human consumption; hence fresh produce should be pre- treated thoroughly, so as to reduce the risk of food- borne outbreaks. Keywords: Pathogenic bacteria · Bacteriological quality, Microbiological method, Coliform counts and food- borne outbreaks. DOI: 10.7176/JNSR/12-8-02 Publication date: April 30 th 2021