Among 200 selected dairy samples 50 each of pasteurized milk, cream, butter and paneer were
analyzed for the presence of Bacillus cereus the paneer samples were found to have the highest
incidence of Bacillus cereus (52.94%) followed by cream sample (29.41%) and pasteurized
milk sample (17.64%) however none of the butter samples were found to be contaminated
with Bacillus cereus. These isolates were found to be gram positive bacilli with spores, they
were found to ferment sucrose, glucose, dextrose; they gave the positive result for NO3
reduction, oxidize, catalase, and for starch hydrolysis.