Table 5.

Changes in total plate counts and spore formers of control and treated patties during refrigerated storage (6 ± 2 °C)

Storage days	TPC (cfu / g)		Spores (No. / g)
	CP	TP	CP	TP
0	4.70 × 102 ± 1.24a	3.20 × 102 ± 1.48a	3.80 × 101 ± 0.28a	3.20 × 101 ± 1.03a
4	2.62 × 103 ± 1.45b	6.40 × 102 ± 1.93a	1.20 × 102 ± 1.63b	5.30 × 101 ± 1.65a
8	1.30 × 105 ± 1.03c	9.80 × 102 ± 0.83a	8.24 × 102 ± 0.43c	9.60 × 101 ± 1.43a
12	8.40 × 106 ± 1.87d	1.39 × 103 ± 1.43c	7.50× 103 ± 1.43 c	2.26 × 102 ± 1.71b
16	*	2.25 × 104 ± 1.22c	*	8.13 × 102 ± 1.03c
20		1.20 × 106 ± 0.33d		9.70 × 102 ± 1.73c

*spoilt

Data indicate analyses of triplicates ± standard deviation and ^a-d Different letters within the row are significantly different (p < 0.05)