Food Safety ― for the Health of Consumers
Uploaded on April 1, 2016
Last updated on November 1, 2021
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is responsible for the safety of domestically produced foods and the safety of feed, whether domestically produced or imported, through risk management related activities including establishing and implementing good practices in food chain. To ensure the safety of food and feed, MAFF implemented in 2005 food safety risk management consistent with the internationally agreed framework. MAFF prioritizes chemical and microbiological hazards in food and feed on a basis of the criteria (Click the relevant issues below) . For prioritization, MAFF prepares risk profiles summarizing scientific and other relevant information on food and feed safety problem. MAFF has been developing occurrence data of chemical and microbiological hazards in food/feed based on the priority list and the Mid-term and Annual Surveillance/Monitoring Program, and statistically analyzing these data. Utilizing scientific evidence, MAFF develops codes of practice as necessary for reducing hazards in food/feed to improve food safety and ensure consumers' health protection. |
Risk management by MAFF
Risk management in Action (Basic Concept)
- Risk management in Action(PDF : 124KB)
- Importance of Risk Profile in Risk Management(PDF : 122KB)
- Templates of Risk Profile
Hazards in Food or Feed of High Priority
- Criteria for Prioritization of Chemical Hazards(PDF : 51KB)
- Chemical Hazards(PDF : 171KB)
- Criteria for Prioritization of Microbiological Hazards(PDF : 24KB)
- Microbiological Hazards(PDF : 10KB)
Analysis Reporting Form for Laboratories(PDF : 112KB)
Occurrence data of chemical hazards in foods
- The report of surveillance results for chemical hazards in foods and feeds
- The data book of surveillance results for chemical hazards in foods (2013~2014)(PDF : 1,862KB)
Risk management of specific hazards
- What we can do at home to reduce acrylamide in foods (PDF:1,149KB)
- Modified-deoxynivalenol in wheat and barley in Japan (PDF:474KB)
- Cyanogenic glycosides in loquat seed powder (PDF:158KB)
International cooperation activities
- Training workshop for building capacities "Risk management of contaminants in foods"
- For ASEAN member countries
- 27-29 November 2019, Tokyo
23-25 January 2019, Tokyo - Harmonization of Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) Setting Process in the Asian Region through Training on Pesticide Residue Evaluation
- For APEC member economies
6-10 November 2017, Bangkok
23-27 October 2017, Kuala Lumpur - For ASEAN member countries
4-8 February 2019, Tokyo
6-10 February 2017, Tokyo
15-19 February 2016, Singapore
18-22 January 2016, Tokyo
26-28 January 2015, Tokyo - Global Environment Monitoring System - Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment Programme (GEMS/Food) Collaborating Institutions (External links)
GEMS/Food has collected levels of chemical contaminants in food. The information is collected from worldwide collaborating centres and recognized national insitutions used to informs governments, the Codex Alimentarius Commission etc. Ministry of Agriculture - Food safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau is one of the GEMS/Food Collaborating Institutions.
Contact
Food safety Policy Devision
Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
1-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8950, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3502-8731
Fax: +81-3-3597-0329
