Figure 3.

The risk assessment of Bacillus cereus in milk and milk products. (a) B. cereus and spores circularly contaminate human markets, dairy farm and dairy products. (b) The red column diagram (lower left corner) represents the positive rate of Bacillus cereus in seven groups of milk and milk products. (c) The China map shows the regional specificity of B. cereus contamination. Blue indicates no reliable data are found in these provinces. There are four different levels of contamination rate and the darker the color is, the rate of B. cereus is higher. In particular, the reddish, orange, yellow and pale pink color signify the rate of 50–40%, 40–30%, 30–20% and 20–5%, respectively.