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Ice cream is a frozen dessert that was created through a mixture of snow, fruit and fruit juice originated in China. This product is consumed in warm climates, being refreshing, pleasant taste and nutritional composition variable. In direct sales to consumers, or self-service model, the ice cream is exposed to inadequate sanitary conditions, derived from contamination by saliva and other secretions of consumers. This study aimed to perform microbiological analysis of chocolate ice cream flavor, the self-service ice cream Sinop-MT, Brazil. Samples from five sites were collected at random points soon after the analysis performed in duplicate. From the microbiological analysis can observe positive for nine samples of Salmonella sp. The presence of total coliform bacteria, thermotolerant and E. coli was confirmed in all samples. However, no sample tested positive for mold or yeast. In general, the samples are in poor condition, offering health risk for consumers. Therefore, you should take steps to control to prevent contamination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]