Review

• Histamine Food Poisoning Associated with Fisheries Products and Histamine-Producing Bacteria ...... Shogo YAMAKI and Koji YAMAZAKI ...... 75

Symposium II: Epidemiology, Food Microbiology, and Pathogenic Mechanisms of Foodborne Streptococcal Infections

• Introduction ...... Takao KAWAI ...... 84
• Epidemiology of Streptococcal Infections in Japan ...... Tadayoshi IKEBE ...... 85
• Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation of Group G Streptococci ...... Takahiro YMAGUCHI ...... 89
• Virulence Factors of Streptococci: Visiting Old, Learn New ...... Ichiro NAKAGAWA ...... 94

Original

• Screening for the Antiviral Materials for Norovirus from Food Additives and Materials ...... Hiroyuki TASAKA, Koichiro KUNITAKE, Kota NISHITANI, Takayuki MORITA and Yoshiyuki SETO ...... 100

Short Paper

• The Effect of Heating Surface on the Reduction of Microorganism Contamination through Chicken-Sashimi Processing in a Small-Size Poultry Processing Plant ...... Rina KAKIUCHI, Ryunosuke AI, Yuta HORIUCHI, Hiroshi ASAKURA and Takehisa CHUMA ...... 105
• Foodborne Illness Case Detected Unicapsula seriolae by PCR-Based Test to Detect A Wide Range of 18S Ribosomal RNA Gene of Genus Kudoa ...... Masanori WATAHIKI, Kaoru UCHIDA, Tomoko KATO, Jun-ichi KANATANI, Keiko KIMATA and Junko ISOBE ...... 110

• Introduction of Members ...... 115
• Selected Paper Abstacts ...... 116
• Proceeding of the Society ...... 120
• Information ...... 122