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Safety of meat and meat products is a key issue of public health concern. Street food is readily available to people around the world but the microbial safety and consistency of such food is always unknown. In developing countries, street food provides the majority of low-income groups with a source of the inexpensive nutritious meal, however, it is the primary source of transmission of foodborne diseases. The goal of this study was to determine the incidence of Salmonella spp, Escherichia coli and yeast and moulds in street-vended kilishi (beef jerky) sold in the Ofada / Mokoloki LCDA area of Magboro, Ogun State, Identification of these pathogens in the samples were performed using culture based and molecular methods.