Table 4. Aerobic plate count and E. coli content of raw beef loin from meat shops in three regions in Korea (CFU/g).

Region	Market place	Aerobic plate count			E. coli content
		Mean	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Minimum	Maximum
Seoul/Gyeonggi	A1)	4.2 × 106	4.0 × 106	4.4 × 106	ND2)	ND	ND
	B	8.3 × 103	7.5 × 103	9.4 × 103	ND	ND	ND
	C	1.8 × 105	8.5 × 104	3.0 × 105	1.3 × 101	ND	3.0 × 101
	D	1.0 × 107	1.0 × 107	1.1 × 107	ND	ND	ND
	E	1.3 × 105	7.6 × 104	2.2 × 105	ND	ND	ND
	F	6.8 × 105	3.1 × 105	9.6 × 105	ND	ND	ND
Gangwon	A	1.1 × 106	5.6 × 105	1.5 × 106	2.7 × 101	2.0 × 101	3.0 × 101
	B	1.2 × 107	7.7 × 106	1.4 × 107	ND	ND	ND
	C	1.1 × 105	6.4 × 104	1.9 × 105	3.0	ND	1.0 × 101
	D	1.6 × 104	1.1 × 104	2.3 × 104	ND	ND	ND
	E	1.3 × 106	1.1 × 106	1.5 × 106	ND	ND	ND
	F	2.8 × 104	1.5 × 104	4.1 × 104	ND	ND	ND
Chungcheong	A	1.1 × 106	5.8 × 105	1.6 × 106	ND	ND	ND
	B	7.5 × 103	5.5 × 103	7.4 × 103	ND	ND	ND
	C	6.1 × 105	5.3 × 105	6.8 × 105	ND	ND	ND
	D	5.2 × 103	3.8 × 103	7.2 × 103	ND	ND	ND
	E	2.2 × 104	1.9 × 104	2.5 × 104	ND	ND	ND
	F	4.5 × 105	4.1 × 105	4.7 × 105	ND	ND	ND

¹⁾A: Supermarket, B-F: Butcher’s shops.

²⁾ND: Not detected.