摘要：This study was aim to determine the presence and contamination level of B. cereus in pasteurized milk, a total of 120 samples, belong to different 5 firms and sold in June, July, August in Ankara. As the frame of analysis, B. cereus was defined in 56 (46,6%) samples among the total of 120 pasteurized milk samples and those contamination level was found as, 103 cfu/ml in 9 samples (7,5%) 102 cfu/ml in 19 samples (15,8%), and in 64 samples (53,3%) was found under detection level (<1,0x10 cfu/ml). As a conclusion, contamination level of pasteurized milks was low as well as contaminated a higher level of B. cereus. However, pasteurized milk will not carry a potential risk for food intoxication with B. cereus, if it stored at 4°C, unbroken the cold-chain in transport and sale stages and consumed before the end of shelf-life.
