Review

• Lactic Acid Bacteria and Colon Cancer Prevention..........Kazuhiro HIRAYAMA and Joseph RAFTER..........87

Topic

• Hepatitis E..........Shunji MISHIRO..........94

Symposium: Risk Control of Foodstuff and HACCP

• Preface..........Sumio SHINODA..........99
• Issues Regarding HACCP Introduction..........Yataro KOKUBO..........100
• Some Problems of Microbiological Test and HACCP in Food Industry..........Kimikazu IKEGAME..........105
• Risk Control of Foods and HACCP-For Example of Fresh Cut Vegetables-..........Atushi ISHIGURO..........108
• Management of Food Sanitation and Epidemiological Study on Food-born Outbreaks..........Eiji ISHII..........117

Originals

• Examination of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Method for Salmonella in Oil-meal Manufacturing Plants..........Takayuki MORITA, Yasuyuki MURAYAMA, Takashi IIDA and Yataro KOKUBO..........123
• Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Campylobacter spp. Isolated from Humans, Domestic Animals and Meat..........Fumihiko KAWAMORI, Shohei KUSHIMA, Yono ARITA, Takashi MASUDA, Masato AKIYAMA, Katsuhiko OMOE and Kunihiro SHINAGAWA..........131
• Detection of the By-products in Amplification Procedure for Identification of Food Poisoning Bacteria..........Noriyuki SAITO, Misako TAGIRI-ENDO, Noboru MARUYAMA and Kazuo AKIYAMA..........138
• Occurrence of Clostridia in Commercially Available Spices, Spice Mixtures and Herbs..........Tomohiko FUJISAWA, Katsuhiro AIKAWA, Takanori TAKAHASHI, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI, Yaeko KOSUGI and Tsutomu MARUYAMA..........145

Epidemiology

• Typing of Campylobacter spp. from Feces of Patients and Food Samples in an Outbreak..........Kazuaki ONO, Rie DOI, Yoko ANDO, Kayoko OHTSUKA, Yutaka SHIBATA, Yukie OZEKI, Hidemi SATO, Toshihiko MASUTANI, Rumiko KOBAYASHI and Keiko YANAGAWA..........151

Case

• A Diffuse Outbreak by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli serovar O157 : H7 Associated with Contaminated Lightly Roasted Beef..........Eiji YOKOYAMA, Masako UCHIMURA and Kenji KOIWAI..........156

Method

• Application of DOX System on the Rapid Detection of Salmonella in Foods..........Hideki YAMANASHI, Hiromi KUBOTA, Akihiro GUNJI, Masakazu YOSHIDA, Masami NAKATANI and Hisao NAKANISHI..........160

Book Reviews

• Kosuke TAKATORI..........168

• Proceeding of the Society..........169
• Information..........171