Municipality
Total
Coliforms NMP/mL
Thermotolerant
Coliforms NMP/mL
Escherichia coli
NMP/mL
Mesophiles UFC/mL
Cruz das Almas
3.66x10
11
3.10x10
9
2.54x10
8
3.60x10
9
São Sebastião do Passé
4.45x10
8
4.45x10
8
2.24x10
8
2.46x10
8
Saubara
4.16x10
3
4.16x10
3
<3
4.59x10
3
Santo Amaro
8.82x10
8
5.32x10
8
2.27x10
8
2.42x10
9
Santo Antônio de Jesus
2.48x10
7
2.34x10
7
7.2x10
1
7.32x10
6
Table 2:
Arithmetic means of microbiological analyses in pasteurized milk consumed in the Recôncavo Region, State of Bahia, Brazil, between May 2010 and February 2011.
