**Meet the editor**

Dr. Mahmoud is an Assistant Professor of Food Safety/ Microbiology and Extension Specialist at Mississippi State University. His research addresses a broad spectrum of problematic issues in food safety, microbiology, quality, and shelf life. His work focuses on using novel non-thermal technologies to reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses, with an interest in both modern molec-

ular (RT–PCR) and traditional methods for the detection of pathogens in food. Dr. Mahmoud is well recognized as an International Scientist, and has received many awards. He has worked in many countries, including USA, UAE, Canada, Japan, Oman, Portugal, Thailand, Korea, and Egypt. He published more than 50 publications, and two book chapters. He is serving as an editor-in-chief for three international journals, a professional member and spokesman for the Institute of Food Technologists, and has conducted a number of interviews with popular domestic and international newspaper and magazines.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Gülşen Altuğ

Birol Özkalp

İlkan Ali Olgunoğlu

Chapter 1 **The Burden of Salmonellosis in the United States 1**  Patricia L. Cummings, Frank Sorvillo and Tony Kuo

Angélica Villarruel-López and Javier Castro-Rosas

Carlos Alberto Gómez-Aldapa, Ma. del Refugio Torres-Vitela,

Valerio Giaccone, Paolo Catellani and Leonardo Alberghini

Silvana Mariana Srebernich and Neliane Ferraz de Arruda Silveira

Chapter 2 **The Role of Foods in** *Salmonella* **Infections 21** 

Chapter 3 **Food as Cause of Human Salmonellosis 47** 

Chapter 4 **The Occurrence of** *Salmonella* **in Various** 

**Marine Environments in Turkey 73** 

Chapter 5 *Salmonella* **in Fish and Fishery Products 91** 

Chapter 6 **Occurrence of** *Salmonella* **in Minimally Processed Vegetables 109** 

Chapter 7 **Isolation and Identification of** *Salmonellas*  **from Different Samples 123** 

Chapter 8 **Attachment and Biofilm Formation by** *Salmonella* **in Food Processing Environments 157**  Efstathios Giaouris, Nikos Chorianopoulos, Panagiotis Skandamis and George-John Nychas

Chapter 9 **Important Aspects of Salmonella in the Poultry Industry and in Public Health 181** 

Greice F. Z. Stoppa, Renato L. Luciano,

Eliana N. Castiglioni Tessari, Ana Maria Iba Kanashiro,

Antonio Guilherme M. De Castro and Ana Lucia S. P. Cardoso
