Safety of Foods (part of General Research Group)

Prospects for systems to assure food safety

Research Purposes

In recent years, food-related issues have become increasingly more conspicuous in developed countries. This holds true for Japan as well, where foodrelated issues have been drawing attention as a socially significant topic, particularly since the arrival of BSE. However, these issues are not merely the subjects of scientific analysis; there can be no solutions to these issues unless they are studied with their cultural background in focus and through systematic analysis. This research is conducted in the following two directions: (1)“maintenance of a global perspective”, which entails analysis of issues from scientific, technological, systematic, and social perspectives, and (2)“evaluation of individual issues”: (2a) Contribution of comments and ideas concerning specific incidents for the media (benefit the public via risk communication) (2b)Study of the validity and effectiveness of problem- solving methods, including analysis and evaluation of traceability system, the Food Safety Commission and other organizations

Member

Name	Affiliation	Field of study	Full/Part-time
Tatsuhiro Kamisato	Researcher, General Research Group	Science History	Full-time

Results (in English only)

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Format	Author, Title of the resul, etc.	Browse
Article	Tatsuhiro KAMISATO, ENVIRONMENT／The　issue　of　food　safety , Views from Japan, Foreign Press Center, July, 2002	－
Article	Tatsuhiro KAMISATO, Restoring trust in food needs traceability, Japan Today	－
Article	Tatsuhiro KAMISATO, Japanese　Consumers　rush　to　embrace　traceability, Food Traceability Report, CRC Press, August, 2002	－
Article	Tatsuhiro KAMISATO, Japan seeks total traceability in its food system」, Food Traceability Report, CRC Press, February, 2003	－

More information

http://user.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~tatsu/ristex/index.html (in Japanese)