P. L .H. McSweeney is Associate Professor in the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences at University College Cork, Ireland. Dr McSweeney is internationally recognised for his research in the field of cheese science. CONTRIBUTORS: P L H McSweeney; E Alichanides; Y Ardo; J M Banks; T Beresford; C W Donnelly; E-M Dustrerhoft; G van den Berg; N Y Farkye, M T Frolich-Wyder; H P Bachmann; M Gobbetti; R Di Cagno; T P Guinee; A L Kelly; P S Kindstedt; N M O’Brien; T P O’Connor; J Sheehan; H E Spinnler; M N Leclercq-Perlat.