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Chemlab HK Newsletter Highlight –
Poon Choy
Dear [FIRSTNAME],
You may be surprised to find cereal in your poon choy – but have you ever considered your reaction if you found B. cereus among your abalone and pigskin?
Bacillus cereus is commonly found in soil, cereal crops and vegetables. Indeed soil often contains 1,000 to 100,000 spores per gram! Therefore B. cereus often hides in raw fruits and herbs. These spores are able to resist heat and survive average cooking temperatures, and can only be killed when sustained in temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius. Otherwise, the spores produce toxins that induce vomiting and diarrhea.
Evidently as a caterer or a manufacturer your worst nightmare would involve angry customers with sick children rapping at your door or suing you for misconduct - but this is precisely what might happen if you sell poon choy which contains Bacillus cereus spores.
We bring your attention to the poon choy in particular because of its diversity and variety of ingredients. Each of the fifteen to twenty elements that make up the poon choy must be prepared diligently and with care; if any single step goes wrong, consequences could be catastrophic and unforeseeable.
Chemlab is able to use a range of different tests to assess the concentration of Bacillus cereus in poon choy your company manufacturers or sells, and offer potential solutions if problems persist. We offer detailed professional advice sessions hosted by our industry experts for the safety of our customers – and yours.
References:
http://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/whatsnew/whatsnew_fsf/whatsnew_fsf_poonchoi_2007.html
http://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/multimedia/multimedia_pub/multimedia_pub_fsf_40_01.html
 
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