Special Lecture

• Food Safety from International Viewpoint..........Yoshihiro OZAWA..........173

Review

• Viral Foodborne Disease-Especially Norovirus and Hepatitis A Virus-..........Osamu NISHIO, Shima YOSHIZUMI and Mamoru NODA..........179

Originals

• Studies on the Detection of Escherichia coli and Coliform Bacteria in Water, Meat and Vegetables by the Polymerase Chain Reaction........Yotaku GYOBU, Daisuke TANAKA, Miwako SHIMIZU, Jyunko ISOBE, Keiko KIMATA, Koji KATORI and Yoshiyuki NAGAI..........187
• Genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus Collected from Food Preparation Facilities Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis, Biased Sinusoidal Field Gel Electrophoresis and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis..........Michiru KISHIMOTO, Masahiro SUZUKI, Kimiko MORITA, Juri Goto, Hajime KASIO, Yuichi HIOKI, Tetsuya OKANO, Hirotaka KONUMA, Kazuhiro TAKAMIZAWA and Fumiko KASUGA..........193
• Evaluation of Compact Dry CF Method for Determining Numbers of Coliforms in Food Samples..........Hajime TERAMURA, Shingo MIZUOCHI and Hidemasa KODAKA..........201
• Investigation Concerning Storage of Imported Food Samples and Sensitivity of Detection for Shigella sonnei..........Chie KAWAMOTO, Kazufumi MIYAGI, Ichiro SUZUKI, Hideto MORI, Satoru HASHIMOTO, Masami EMOTO and Yukinori UCHIDA..........207

Short Paper

• Inactivation of Avian Influenza Virus in Mayonnaise..........Nobuhiro SASHIHARA, Miho OKOCHI, Mineo HASEGAWA and Toshihiro ITO..........213

Epidemiology

• Incidence of Halophilic and Enteric Histamine-producing Bacteria in Fish Samples Consisting Mainly of Scombroid Fish..........Masashi KANKI, Masanori ISHIBASHI, Tomoko YODA and Teizo TSUKAMOTO..........216

Book Reviews

• Tadashi TERAMOTO..........221
• Yukimichi KOIZUMI..........222

• Proceeding of the Society..........223
• Information..........228