Bacteriological examination of 1405 imported frozen chicken and turkey meat samples revealed isolation of salmonela in rates of 9.05% in chicken-meats and 3.4% from turkey meats with the reco very of 104 salmonella isolates, which were differentiated serologically into 22 serotypes. The incidence of salmonella contamination differed according to the source of importation as follows: France (13.4%), Israel (11.25%), Denmark (9.7%), U.S.A. (6.8%), West-Germany (5%) and Brazil (3.47%).
From the 22 serotypes recovered from the imported frozen poultry meats, S.typhimurium was the peridominant type encountered in all countries of importation. Further-more 7 serotypes were recorded in Egypt for the first time from poultry.