Lecture

• Food Spoilage Caused by Fungi and the Fungal Control..........Kosuke TAKATORI..........231

Symposium: Occurrence and Control of Norovirus Food Poisoning

• Preface..........Kazuyoshi YANO..........237
• Detection Methods for Noroviruses: The Past and the Future..........Michiyo SHINOHARA..........238
• Food Poisoning and Contamination of Food Caused by Norovirus..........Yukinao HAYASHI..........243
• Inactivation of Norovirus Using Small Bubbles..........Masayoshi TAKAHASHI..........248

Originals

• Fate of Listeria monocytogenes in Japanese Fishery Product........Tatsuhiko YAMAMOTO, Tomoko TATEYAMA-NISHIMURA, Koji YAMAZAKI, Yuji KAWAI and Norio INOUE..........254
• Purification and Properties of Xylan Degrading Enzymes Produced by Penicillium expansum O-385-10 Concerning Spoilage of Apple Fruit..........Nobuko OHNO, Harumi FUKUDA, Soichiro KIMURA, Hyun-Woong KIM, Haruo TAKAHASHI, Seigo AMACHI, Hirofumi SHINOYAMA and Takaaki FUJII..........260
• The Investigation of Bacterial Contamination in Fresh-cut Fruits, and the Behavior of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 and Salmonella Enteritidis on Fruit Cubes..........Eiichi NAZUKA, Yasuhiro INATSU, Susumu KAWASAKI and Masato MIYAMARU..........269

Short Paper

• Fate of Escherichia coli O157 in the Production Process of Asazuke (Salted Cucumber)..........Takahiro ODA, Munenori FURUTA, Hiroshi HIWAKI, Nobuyoshi OZAKI, Miwako OHBA and Takeo INAMASU..........275

Method

• Evaluation of the Rapid Measurement Kit "SimPlate" of Total Count, Coliform Count and E. coli Count in Food Samples..........Nirou TAKEMASA, Kazuto IMAI, Tadashi TERAMOTO, Issei OKAMOTO, Kazunori ASAMOTO, Hiroko MIYAMOTO, Yuko MATSUYOSHI, Seiichi UMESAKO, Noriko EMA and Kazuko TAGUCHI..........281

Book Reviews

• Yukimichi KOIZUMI..........288

• Information..........289