Most frequent (modal) counts in wheat and flour were, respectively, as follows: aerobic mesophilic plate count, 105 and 102 cfu/g; coliforms, 10 and 1 MPN/g;Bacillus spp., 104 and 102 cfu/g; B.cereus, 1 and 0.1MPN/g; mesophilic aerobic spores, 10 and 1 cfu/g; aerobic thermophiles, both 10 cfu/g; yeast, 103and 102 cfu/g, and moulds, 103 and 102 cfu/g. Bacillus spp., coliforms, yeast and moulds were the mostfrequently detected microorganisms throughout the survey