The present study was carried out to isolate B. cereus from meat and meat products collected from Jammu city. In this study 150 samples comprising of raw mutton (n=50), raw chicken (n=50) and chicken biryani (n=50) were collected from various parts of Jammu and analyzed for the presence of B. cereus. 52 isolates of B. cereus were confirmed morphologically by colony characteristics and biochemically by using conventional biochemical methods. The 52 presumptive isolates were further subjected to PCR by targeting species specific gyrB gene. Out of 52, 44 presumptive isolates possessed gyrB gene and were confirmed as B. cereus. Thus the incidence of B. cereus in meat and meat products was found to be 29.33 % while as Incidence of B. cereus in raw mutton, raw chicken and chicken biryani was found to be 28%, 24% and 36% respectively. Hence it was concluded that the occurrence of B. Cereus in foods especially in meat and meat products was frequent with more incidence in cooked meat (36%) than raw meat (26%) which is a serious public health concern and need to be addressed.

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