The average count from the food samples showed that about 7.2 x 105cfu/mL were obtained from cooked rice, 6.4 x105cfu/mL from masa, 5.6 x 105cfu/mL from agidi and 5.3 x
105cfu/mL from epiti. Sixteen presumptive colonies
of Bacillus cereus isolated revealed an irregular edge, large, flat, rough bluish green to blue colonies with zones of egg yolk precipitate.