Table 2.

Total microbial growth in LSR.

Organism	0 month (Initial)	“6” months	Permissible Limits
Total plate count (cfu/g)	<10 cfu/g	<10 cfu/g	105/g
Total fungal count (cfu/g)	<10 cfu/g	<10 cfu/g	103/g
E. coli	Ab	Ab	Absent
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Ab	Ab	Absent
Staphylococcus aureus	Ab	Ab	Absent
Salmonella Spp	Ab	Ab	Absent

cfu: Colony Forming Units, Ab: Absent, g: Grams.