B. cereus is common in the environment. It can be present in soil and therefore on vegetation. That means it can come into ...

Scientists from an Australian university have discovered another toxin used by Bacillus cereus. Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) showed how the toxin can infect cells, even when ...

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., doing business as Margherita Meats, Inc., of Omaha, Neb., is recalling approximately 10,990 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pepperoni products because of possible ...

A European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel has called for research on dose–response and behavioural characteristics of Bacillus cereus to identify routes and critical steps of contamination. In a ...

The bacterium B. cereus had so far been considered to be exclusively endospore-forming. In response to harsh conditions, the bacteria form protective endospores enabling them to remain dormant for ...

Organic black soybean milk could be contaminated with Bacillus cereus, according to the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) in Hong Kong. The affected Organic Black Soybean Milk by Hung Fook Tong comes in ...

Citrate is a common biomolecule that chelates Fe(lll). Many bacteria and plants use ferric citrate to fulfill their nutritional requirement for iron. Only the Escherichia coll ferric citrate ...

Most families regularly reheat leftovers as a simple way to reduce food waste and save time during busy weekdays. However, ...