The Bacteriological Quality, Safety, and Antibiogram of Salmonella Isolates from Fresh Meat in Retail Shops of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia

Table 1

Guideline levels for determining microbial quality of ready-to-eat food (Gulf Standards and NSW Food Authority).

Microbial groups	Good	Acceptable	Unsatisfactory	Unacceptable and potentially dangerous
Aerobic mesophilic count	<10^4	10^4–<10^6	≥10^6	N/A
Total coliform count	<10^2		≥10^4	N/A
S. aureus count	<10^2		10^3–<10^4	≥10^4
Pathogens	Not detected in 25 g of			Detected in 25 g of