The counts for Staphylococcus spp. ranged between 1.20 and 2.24 log CFU/g, with the highest counts after 30 days of storage being obtained with the control batch. The two highest counts were observed in Stage 3 fruit after 15 and 21 days of storage. But after 30 storage days, the counts in Stage 2 fruit were significantly higher than those in Stage 3 fruit (Table 1).