microbial data for rapid tests can be used only indirectly. Verification-Yes, rapid methods have many applications in verification, including checking products, determining effects of changes, and monitoring suppliers.There are numerous rapid test kits commercially available to seafood processors that could enable the processor to screen samples for pathogens. Fung (1994aFung ( , 1995 reviewed the basic philosophy, recent trends and development, and theories and practices of a variety of rapid methods and automated procedures in microbiological pertinent to seafood microbiology applications. Informative books on this subject include: