Thus, following label instructionsmostly, but not always, produced safe cooked poultry-basedmeat preparations,while the application of inadequate cooking treatmentswas not able to assure complete elimination of Salmonella from the products even with a low contamination level (10 cfu/g). Consequently, there is a need to develop guidelines for producers and consumers and promote a multidisciplinary educational campaign in order to provide information on safe cooking and time-temperature combinations able to maintain the organoleptic qualities of meat.