Eighty samples of chicken bouillon/stock cubes were collected from different super markets in Assiut city. The average values of the
b
rand A,B,C
and D were 3.1x 10°, 1.1x10, 1.7x10
و/°
and .1x10
respectively for Aerobic plate count & 1x10', 6.2x10°, 2.4x 10' and 2.8x10 /9 respectively for Enterobacteriaceae count. The Enterobacter iaceae which could be detected in the examined samples were Hafnia alvei, Enterobacter spp. and Klebsiella spp. Enterococci, Salmonella and Shigella could not be detected in the examined chicken bouillon/stock cubes samles. The hygienic importance of the isolated organisms were discussed.