Sampling site and collection
A total of sixty four food samples being sold in various sales points in urban markets at Mile I, Mile III, Oil mill, and Rumuokoro areas of Port Harcourt were enumerated for the viable counts of Bacillus cereus. The food samples comprised of Sixteen samples each of “cooked rice”, “masa”, “agidi” and “epiti”(cereal preparation) were collected from the food vendors in sterile disposable polyethylene bags brought to laboratory for microbiological analysis. Analysis of samples were performed within 60mins of collection