Originals

• Studies on a Rapid Method for Detecting Salmonella in Animal Feed Using the QUALIBAXTM System......Tetsuo CHIHARA, Yoshihiro SEKIGUCHI, Yoshiyasu HASHIMOTO, Shinji OSHIMA, Yasutoshi SUGIMOTO, Hiroaki MOTO, Koichi KIMURA and Kenzo UEHASHI...... 109
• Study of Enumeration of Microorganisms in Food Samples with Automated Enumeration System, TEMPO......Asuka KOBAYASHI, Satoko OKUYAMA, Kesao KENMOTSU, Hisashi YAMAGATA, Kazuyuki UCHIDA, Keisuke FUKUMURA and Hiroshi NAKAGAWA...... 120

Epidemiology

• Issues Regarding Criteria for Safety Management of Commercially Available Vegetables to be Eaten Raw-First Report- Status of Contamination by Coliforms and E. coli in Commercial Cut Vegetables......Yoshimi MIZUNO, Atsushi ISHIGURO, Makiko TSUJI, Hiroko KIMATA, Takako TOMINAGA, Toshinori KUNIKATA and Nirou TAKEMASA...... 127

• Proceeding of the Society...... 133
• Information...... 134