TABLE 1.

Prevalence and microbial load of Salmonella in retail meat and meat products from China.

Type of	Samples	No.(%) Samples	No. of samples
products	tested no.	positive for
		Salmonella
			Salmonella (MPN/g)
			0.3–1	1–10	10–110	>110
Pork	287	107 (37.3)	27	22	7	7
Beef	161	26 (16.1)	6	3	3	0
Mutton	92	10 (10.9)	4	0	0	0
Dumpling	212	14 (6.6)	3	0	0	1
Smoked pork	55	2 (3.6)	0	0	0	0
Total	807	159 (19.7)	40	25	10	8