It is worth noting that pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, coliforms, E. coli and feacal enterococci were not detected. This is in agree ment with the study of Sengupta,etal. (2013), where absence of coliform, Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp were reported in fresh and fortified soy yogurts at zero time and on 7th day of storage. The absence of enterobacteria signifies the degree of safety of the yogurt samples as the presence of coliform in food is an indication of fecal pollution, which is of public health concern (Farinde etal. 2009).Further more,starter cultures are widely known for the production of organic acids and other secondary metabolites such as bacteriocins that act against the growth of spoilage and pathogenic bacteria during fermentation (Booregard and Arneborg 1998; Jayeola et al. 2010).