Regarding Enterobacteriaceae spp. and coliforms, the controlled atmospheres presented significant differences (p b 0.05) with respect to the control after 15 days of storage (Table 2). In the case of coliforms, the controlled atmosphere with 8% O2 + 10%CO2 presented the lowest counts after 15 days of storage. The Enterobacteriaceae spp. and coliform counts were in agreement with those obtained by Abadias et al.(2008) and Badosa et al. (2008), respectively.