Occurrence of Bacillus cereus in infants and young children foods in 8 provinces in China
Li, Y.; Pei, X.; Yang, D.; Li, N.
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu 43(3): 435-438
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1000-8020 PMID: 24964624 Document Number: 675038
To investigate the contamination status of infants and young children foods by Bacillus cereus. 1716 food samples were collected from retail market in 8 provinces in China and examined for Bacillus cereus by the plate count method. Bacillus cereus was isolated from 9.85% of all the samples (169/1716). 14.08% of the powered formula for infants and young children were contaminated with B. cereus as well as 6.01% of the ready-to-eat cereal-based complementary foods for infants and young children. Counts higher than 100 CFU/g were found in 18 samples of the powered formula (2.20%) and 10 samples of the ready-to-eat cereal-based complementary foods (1.11%). Inspection and management of infants and young children foods should be enhanced to prevent Bacillus cereus infection.