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A lot of beverages (fruit juices) are packaged and supplied commercially in owerri metropolis and consumed in Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). Some of these commercial fruit juices consumed in FUTO were assessed by microbiological indices. This was done by subjecting five group of fruit juices samples labeled R 1-R 5 to microbiological screening of the common bacteria contaminants of foods and beverages..The microbial parameters used as indices for analysis were bacteria counts and most probable number (MPN).The bacteria that were screened for include:Escherichia coli (E.coli),Klebsiella pneumonia(K.