Review

• Yersiniosis ...... Hideki HAYASHIDANI ...... 175

Originals

• Campylobacter Prevalence in Broiler Flocks and Cross-Contamination of Carcasses at a Chicken Slaughterhouse ...... Masahiro FUJITA, Kentaro ENDO, Masataka SHIONO, Yukio MORITA, Hiroshi ASAKURA and Shigeki YAMAMOTO ...... 182
• Evaluation of CHROMagar^TM Orientation with Egg-Yolk for Bacterial Cleanliness Test of Food Manufacturing Environment ...... Riyo FURUKAWA, Yuichi IDEGAMI, Masanori OSHIKAWA, Ryo SHIOZAKI, Naoto NAKANO, Kazuhiro KATAGIRI, Kazunori UCHINO, Hirotaka MORINAGA and Takamasa KANEKO ...... 187
• Identification of Seven Species of the Genus Cronobacter and Discrimination of a False-Positive Bacterium in ISO/TS 22964 by Genus- and Species-Specific PCR Assays ...... Masaharu NISHIHARA, Tomoko SUDO, Mari MIYAMOTO, Satoshi ISHII, Shuichi YANAHIRA and Takashi YAMATO ...... 194

Epidemiology

• Sanitary Inspection of the Aseptic Filling Machine and Characterization of Isolated Bacteria for Improvement of Hygiene Status in Beverage Production ...... Sakiko INATSU and Fujihiko MATSUNAGA ...... 202

• Book Review ...... 209
• Introduction of Members ...... 210
• Selected Paper Abstracts ...... 211
• Proceeding of the Society ...... 214
• Information ...... 224
• Cumulative Contents of Volume 33 ...... 226