Abstract

This study was planned to indicate that how the health authorities realize the importance of frequent inspection of milk and dairy products to check whether; these meet the minimum legal standard to offer in a safety state to hospitals patients, but also on the freedom from microorganisms and its hazards. A total of Two hundred and fifty random samples of pasteurized milk, Damietta cheese, Kareish cheese, Ras cheese and yoghurt (50 of each) were collected randomly in clean, dry and sterile containers, from food Department in Alexandria hospitals. 90% of examined samples were complied with Egyptian standards which stated that thermoduric count of pasteurized milk must

Key words: pasteurized milk, cheese, Coliforms, S.aureus, Enterococci