A total of 100 random samples of some Egyptian soft cheeses (50 each of kareish and tallaga cheese) were collected from different farmer's houses and shops in Beni-Suef city and villages around the city. The mean values of TBC, psychrotrophic, Total coliforms, faecal coliforms and E.coli counts were 4.19x10⁷, 1.45x10⁷, 7.7 x10⁶, 2.1x10⁶ and 2.97x10⁴ / g of the examined kareish cheese samples, respectively. The mean values of psychrotrophic, Total coliforms and faecal coliforms counts were 7.7x10⁵, 5.3x10³ and 6 x 10² / g of the examined tallaga cheese samples, respectively. E.coli and Y.enterocolitica organisms were detected in 56 and 10 % of the examined kareish cheese samples and in 6 and 4 % of the examined tallaga cheese samples, respectively. None of the examined cheese samples contained C.sakazakii. The public health significance and suggested control measures were discussed.