Bacterial food-poisoning hazards are with salami since the physico-chemical properties and the competition from starter bacteria largely precludes growth of food-poisoning bacteria. Slicing and vacuum prepacking, in addition to obviously introducing problems of cross-contamination also lowers the stability of the product since a film of moisture develops between the film and the upper surface of the salami. Also, slicing may spread yeats from outside surface on cut surface. The product, however, relatively stable and long shelf-lives are possible.