TABLE 3.

Mean total aerobic plate counts for the smokeless tobacco products used in the study^a

Product	Bacterial count (CFU/g) (sheep's blood agar)
	AR2	DC2	AR3	DC3
Brand A straight	8.20 × 105	4.00 × 106	1.80 × 105	8.10 × 105
Brand A wintergreen	2.00 × 106	1.05 × 106	9.20 × 105	7.00 × 105
Brand B straight	1.47 × 106	1.14 × 106	1.23 × 106	7.30 × 105
Brand B wintergreen	8.00 × 105	9.90 × 105	1.32 × 106	7.00 × 105
Brand C wintergreen	2.70 × 106	1.40 × 106	1.35 × 106	3.00 × 106
Brand D straight	4.20 × 105	1.57 × 105	1.53 × 106	2.90 × 105
Brand B pouches	1.95 × 105	4.80 × 105	4.10 × 105	4.00 × 105
Brand A pouches	2.30 × 105	1.90 × 105	1.01 × 106	8.50 × 105
Brand B mint pouches	4.80 × 104	5.10 × 104	1.67 × 105	4.00 × 106
Brand E snus mellow	ND	ND	ND	ND
Brand F snus mint	ND	ND	ND	ND
Brand B snus mint	ND	ND	1.00 × 103	ND
Brand G chewing tobacco	7.20 × 105	3.90 × 104	1.37 × 106	6.60 × 105
Brand H chewing tobacco	1.00 × 103	1.00 × 103	1.00 × 103	ND
Brand G Golden Blend chewing tobacco	4.40 × 104	4.00 × 104	6.50 × 104	1.09 × 105

^aAR and DC indicate that the samples were purchased in the metropolitan areas of Little Rock, AR, and Washington, DC, respectively, during the second sampling period. ND, none detected.