Reviews

• Foodborne Listeriosis and Listeria monocytogenes Contamination in the Food Processing Plants-Current Topics of Listeria monocytogenes Persistent Strains-......Hiromi Nakamura......1
• The Role of GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) in Globalized Food Distribution......Katsuki Kishi......12

Educational Lecture

• Food Establishment Audit Corresponding to the Globalization of Food Safety Management System: Challenges for Developing a Check List to Cover the Entire Food Chain ......Kazuo Hisa ...... 17

Symposium II: Food Expiration Dates and Quality Assurance

• Introduction......Seiichi Umesako and Jun Ogasawara ...... 28
• Spoilage and Deterioration of Pre-packaged Foods......Takashi Kuda ...... 29
• Food Labeling System of Food in Japan......Shigeki Yamamoto ...... 34
• Current Situation on Examination for Establishment of Expiration Date at the Commercial Inspection Company......Shigeki Nishii ...... 36
• A Present Situation How to Set the Appreciation Date or Consumption Date of Food Production......Motoki Tanigawa ...... 40

Originals

• Suspected Foodborne Disease Related to Juvenile Pacific Bluefin Tuna Containing Kudoa hexapunctata and Evaluation of Patient Fecal Examination ......Masao Kawase, Akira Yoshioka, Mikako Hosoya and Miwako Shichiku ...... 48
• Analysis of Fungal Contamination and Thiabendazole Resistant Penicillium digitatum at Vegetable and Fruit Markets in Tokyo......Takashi Chiba, Yumi Takahashi, Ichirou Takano, Akiko Nakama, Kenji Sadamasu and Akemi Kai ...... 54

Method

• Selective Enrichment Broth and Chromogenic Agar for Detection of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26, O103, O111, O121, O145 and O157......Yukiko Hara-Kudo, Junko Isobe, Ichiro Furukawa, Fumio Gondaira, Jun Terajima and Shioko Saito ...... 60

• Introduction of Members ...... 67
• Selected Paper Abstacts ...... 68
• Book Review ....... 72
• Proceeding of the Society ....... 73
• Information ...... 77
• Notes to Contributors ...... 79