According to the results obtained by Kristoffersen et al. B. cereus spores were not affected by exposure to broth containing 0.1 g/L bile salts, whereas a 100-fold lower concentration inhibited the growth of vegetative B. cereus cells. However, other studies showed that B. cereus spores can germinate and its vegetative cells can grow in conditions with a 1.5 g/L concentration of bile salts [40].The spores were found to germinate after 2 h in a medium simulating intestinal fluid with a bile concentration of 1.0 g/L [28]. According to Ceuppens et al. [54], bile salt concentrations