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The study carried out the comparative analysis of food storage scores and microbial levels of food substances in Abia. The population of this study consisted of all 932,411 citizen of Aba in Nigeria. The study adopted Cross sectional study design while simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents. The instrument for data collection which was tagged (ASSESSMENT OF FOOD PREPARATION AND PRESERVATION’, QUESTIONNAIRE (AFPPQ) was administered to the respondents and used for the study. The instrument was vetted by the researcher’s supervisor who is an expert in the field before the reliability test was conducted which produced the reliability coefficient of 0.79 proving the instrument to be reliable for the study. Data collected were analyzed using Descriptive Analysis and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). From the results of the data analysis, it was observed that all food establishments require training practices on food storage and food safety management in Abia State is below internationally accepted level. It was therefore recommended that the Private sector should be involved in food safety management as government alone cannot handle this. Government should formulate policies that will regulate food handlers from unhealthy means of transportation of food items to prevent contamination in transits.