Contributor contact details
(* = main contact)
Editor
Prof. J. Sofos
Department of Animal Sciences
Center for Meat Safety and
Quality
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1171, USA
Email: john.sofos@colostate.edu
Chapter 1
P. M. Fratamico
USDA, Agricultural Research
Service
Eastern Regional Research Center
600 East Mermaid Lane
Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
Email: pina.fratamico@ars.usda.gov
Chapter 2
Prof. T. Nesbakken
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and
Biosciences
Dept. of Food Safety and Infection
Biology
Section for Food Safety
Norwegian University of Life
Sciences
P. O. Box 8146 Dep., 0033 Oslo,
Norway
Email: truls.nesbakken@nmbu.no
Chapter 3
D. E. Hill* and J. P. Dubey
USDA, ARS, BARC, APDL
BLDG 307-C & 1001,
BARC-EAST
Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Email: dolores.hill@ars.usda.gov;
jitender.dubey@ars.usda.gov
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Chapter 4
M. Vaerewijck and K. Houf*
Department of Veterinary Public
Health and Food Safety
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Ghent University
Salisburylaan 133
9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
Email: Kurt.Houf@UGent.be
Chapters 5 and 6
D. H. D’Souza
Department of Food Science and
Technology
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
2600 River Drive, Room 102 FSPB
Knoxville, TN 37996-4591, USA
Email: ddsouza@utk.edu
Chapter 7
K. Hoelzer* and S. Dennis
US Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740, USA
Email: Karin.Hoelzer@fda.hhs.gov
J. Kause
US Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Office of Public Health Science
Washington, DC 20250, USA
Chapter 8
S. M. Pires
National Food Institute
Technical University of Denmark
Mørkhøj Byfgade 19, Building H
2860 Søborg, Denmark
Email: smpi@food.dtu.dk
Chapter 9
S. Koseki
Research Faculty of Agriculture
Hokkaido University
Kita 9, Nishi 9, Kita-ku
Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
Email: koseki@bpe.agr.hokudai.
ac.jp
Chapter 10
J. G. Surak
Surak and Associates
108 Lakeview Circle
Clemson, SC 29631, USA
Email: jgsurak@yahoo.com
Chapter 11
C. O. Gill*
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Lacombe Research Centre
6000 C & E Trail
Lacombe
Alberta, T4L 1W1, Canada
Email: colin.gill@agr.gc.ca
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A. O. Gill
Health Canada, Bureau of
Microbial Hazards
251 Sir Frederick Banting
Driveway
P.L. 2204E, Ottawa
Ontario, K1A 0K9, Canada
Email: alex.gill@hc-sc.gc.ca
Chapter 12
R. H. Davies and A. D. Wales*
Bacteriology Department
Animal Health and Veterinary
Laboratories Agency (AHVLA)
Woodham Lane, New Haw
Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK
Email: rob.davies@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk;
andywales@fastmail.co.uk
Chapter 15
M. Uyttendaele*, S. Van Boxstael
and L. Jacxsens
Department Food Safety and Food
Quality
Faculty of Bio-Science Engineering
Ghent University
Coupure Links 653
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
Email: mieke.uyttendaele@UGent.be;
Liesbeth.Jacxsens@UGent.be
K. Kirezieva and P. Luning
Food Quality and Design Group
Department of Agrotechnology
and Food Sciences
Wageningen University
P.O. Box 17, 6700AA Wageningen
The Netherlands

Chapter 13 Email: klementina.kirezieva@wur.

nl; pieternel.luning@wur.nl
X. Jiang*, Z. Chen and
M. Dharmasena
Department of Food, Nutrition,
and Packaging Sciences
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634, USA

Email: xiuping@clemson.edu

Chapter 14
S. Morabito
EU Reference Laboratory for
Escherichia coli including VTEC
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Veterinary Public Health and Food
Safety Department
Viale Regina Elena 299
00161 Rome, Italy

Email: stefano.morabito@iss.it