The prupose of thıs study was to determine qualty of butter in Elazığ. 35 butter samples were examined. The average values were, total viable aerob colony 9.1x10⁵/g coliforms 4.1010⁴/g, enterococcus 9.1x10⁴/g., proteolytlc 4 1x10⁵/g, lipolytic 7.4x10⁵/g, psychrophillc 3.9x10⁵/g. yeasts and molds 9.0x10⁵/g. Microbiologically 100% of examıned samples and chemcacally 85.7% of the m did not flt to Food Regulations and Standards