

The Incidence of coagulase positive S.aureus isolatd from different examined meat product samples were (40%) from launchon, (54%) from kofta, (25%) from burger and (50%) from frankfurter. The obtained results in the present study indicated that the mean value.

So, this study was done to evaluate the pathogenic microorganisms in the examined meat products (lanchoun, beef burger, kofta and Frankforter) which were collected from different markets in Elgharbia governorate. The meat products such as sausage, beef burger and luncheon are gaining popularity because ready to eat meat products are highly demanded due to their high biological value, reasonable price, agreeable taste and easily serving. The incidence of identified Staphylococcus aureus was 68, 80, 60 and 88%, respectively and the incidence of identified Salmonella spp was 20, 26, 6 and 40%, respectively, while the incidence of identified Yersinia enterocolitica was 46, 40, 54 and 34, respectively. Total of two hundred of meat product samples (Beef burger, Luncheon, Pasterma and Sausage) were collected randomly from different retail shops at Alexandria province and examined for their microbiological criteria.
