Reviews

• Bacteriocin Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria and Its Application..........Sang-Hee PARK and Kikuji ITOH..........45
• Changes in Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Research..........Hideo IGARASHI..........51

Original

• Contamination of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Seafoods in Japan..........Yasuko HARA, Maki IZUMISAWA, Kumiko ISHII, Akihisa ABE, Eiji OHASHI and Tsutomu MARUYAMA..........63
• Evaluation of a 5´-Nuclease PCR Assay for the Detection of Escherichia coli O157 in Pure Culture and Foods..........Kayoko OTSUKA, Rie DOI, Akinobu SAITO and Keiko YANAGAWA..........69

Method

• A Rapid Test for Coliforms in Cow Milk Using Rapid Media-DO..........Eiji NAGAO, Minoru NAKAGAWA, Kenji KIYOTAKI, Kenichiro KARINO, Kazue SASAKI, Hiroaki KAGI, Tetuya MASUDA and Toshiki MORICHI..........75

Case

• A Food Poisoning Outbreak Caused by Campylobacter jejuni Associated with Barbecue..........Kazuaki ONO, Yoko ANDO, Rie DOI, Yukiko FUJIWARA, Yoshiko HAMADA, Kayoko OHTSUKA, Yutaka SHIBATA, Hidemi SATO, Toshihiko MASUTANI, Rumiko KOBAYASHI and Keiko YANAGAWA..........83

• Proceeding of the Society..........87
• Information..........88