Inflation and changes in the poultry industry in Jamaica have necessitated an increased understanding of spoilage flora and the examination of methods for increasing the shelf life of chilled eviscerated poultry. The efficacy of five antibiotics was determined. Despite the widespread use of neooxytetracycline in the treatment of poultry infections, tetracycline concentrations of<10 μg ml‐1were found to be highly effective against isolates of the main spoilage organismPseudomon