1. Foodborne Diseases 2. Recent advances in molecular techniques for diagnostics of food borne diseases 3. Important emerging and re-emerging tropical food borne diseases 4. Foodborne pathogens produced toxins acting on signal transduction 5. Campylobacteriosis - An Emerging Infectious Foodborne Disease 6. Listeria monocytogenes: A foodborne pathogen 7. Bacillus spp. as pathogens in the dairy industry 8. Staphylococcus aureus - a food pathogen: virulence factors and antibiotic resistance 9. Food-borne mycotoxicoses: Pathologies and public health impact 10. Foodborne botulism from a systems biology perspective 11. Pathogenic biofilm formation in the food industry and alternative control strategies 12. Biosensor Based Methods For The Determination Of Foodborne Pathogens 13. Molecular Typing of Major Foodborne Pathogens 14. Environmental Pollution and the Burden of Food-borne Diseases 15. Food borne illness: threats and control