Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary and Assessment; 3 1 The U.S. Food System; 4 2 Food Safety Oversight; 5 3 Investigating Foodborne Threats; 6 4 Bioterrorism and the Food Supply; 7 5 Surveillance of the Food Supply; 8 6 Reporting Foodborne Threats: The Case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE); 9 7 Research and Policy Opportunities; 10 APPENDIX A Forum on Microbial Threats; 11 APPENDIX B Acronyms; 12 APPENDIX C Forum Member Biographies

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