Bacillus Cereus

Bacillus cereus is found in soil and dust. It is frequently found in rice dishes, occasionally pasta, meat or vegetable dishes, dairy products, soups and sweet pastry products where these have not been cooled quickly and effectively after cooking and during storage.

Illness caused by a small number of bacteria, so cross contamination cause illness. The bacteria can form spores, they are not easily destroyed by heat and will survive cooking of food. If food is cooled slowly or kept warm for some time before serving, the spores will germinate and produce bacteria.

Bacteria can multiply rapidly at these temperatures and produce a very heat resistant toxin which will not be destroyed by subsequent reheating.

Bacillus cereus can cause two distinct types of illness diarrhoeal, vomiting, possibly with diarrhoea with an incubation period of 1 to 5 hours.

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