To investigate the development of aerobic plate count and coliform duringprocessing of roasted eel,sampling was aseptically performed at each processstage.All aquatic eels were found to be contaminated by coliform.Thiscontaminated coliform was very difficult to kill using various bactericides andwas considered to be the main cause of recontamination during processing.Data obtained in this study suggested that both the aerobic plate count andcoliform on the surface of roasted eels met the requirement for frozen preparedfoods,when the central temperature of eel fillets was higher than68.1℃ during roasting process using a gas IR machine.