title: Detection of Bacillus species in selected meals from an apulian catering service.
abstract: The authors have started a microbiological survey of the meals given in a factory canteen in the town of Bari with the evaluation of food contamination from the bacteria of the genus Bacillus. In the examined meals, all the detected Bacillus species have the potential to cause food-borne illnesses, even if the relatively low bacterial counts are not dangerous for healthy consumers. The study underlines the need of guidelines to enstablish which levels of food contamination are significant potential risks to all community catering service users.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Pubblica e Medicina Interna, Sezione di Medicina del Lavoro, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Bari.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fontanarosa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Novello
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conversano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Musti
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Tantillo
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005522:Food Services / Q000592:standards*; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy