Fifty random samples of frozen meat were aseptically collected from different shops and supermarkets in Assiut City. the samples were examined for aerobic plate counts. Enterobacteriaceae, and Staph. aureus counts and for detection of Salmonellae and Shigellae. The aerobic plate count ranged from 2x10* to 10'/g. with a mean value of 2.7x10°/9. The counts of Enterobacteriaceae and S. aureus ranged from 6X10% to 3X10°/9, and 8x10 to 10" with a mean value of 4.4x10' and 1.9x10*/g. respectively. The Enterobacteriaceae which could be isolated from the examined frozen meat samples were: Enterobacter spp., Citrobacter spp., Klebsiella spp. Hafnia alvei and Proteus spp. The Salmonella serotype detected in the examined samples was Salmonella typhimurium. E. coli could not be isolated from the examined samples.