The initial value of mesophilic bacteria is lower than that
considered as maximum acceptable limit (5 log ufc/g) for fish baked
products by European Commission Regulations No 2074/2005 (Cai
et al., 2014). On day 12, the psychrotrophic and mesophilic bacteria
increased reaching 9.53 and 10.47 log ufc/g, respectively. Fish is
normally stored at refrigeration or freezing temperatures, and then
psychrotrophs are more representative bacteria than mesophilic
bacteria. There are no legal limits for psychrotrophic bacteria. But
for mesophilic bacteria is 5 log ufc/g. Then it could be considered
acceptable the same criteria for psychrotrophic bacteria. Considering
the growth for mesophilic bacteria, psychrotrophic bacteria
followed a similar trend.