Canned Food Importer - Japan
Written by ImporterBASE on March 29, 2008 – 5:50 pm
Oggetto - Canned Food Importer in Japan
Address : Ebisu Garden 311, 4-5-28 Ebisu, Shibuyaku, Tokyo, Japan
Tel : 81-03 3446 4920 Fax : 81-03 3446 4930
Email : aimatsui@netvigator.com
Contact Person : Mr.Matsui Ai
Imported Product : Canned Food, Foods in Containers
Industry : Food
Business : Food Importers, Canned Food Importers, Importers of Foods in Containers, Japanese Importers, Importers in Japan
Seven Food Safety Regulatory Trends Commonly Found in Industrialized Nations
(1) Forming one agency to focus on food safety,
(2) Using risk analysis to design
regulation,
(3) Recognizing that a farm-to-table approach is often desirable for addressing food safety hazards,
(4) Adopting the HACCP system as a basis for new regulation of microbial pathogens in food,
(5) Adopting more stringent standards for many food safety hazards,
(6) Adding new and more extensive regulation to handle newly identified hazards, and,
(7) Improving market performance in food safety through provision of information.
Food Safety Challenges
The globalization of the food supply could potentially mean that new food safety risks can be introduced into countries, previously controlled risks can be re-introduced into countries, and contaminated food can be spread across greater geographical areas. However, there is no evidence that food imported into the United States is riskier, per se, than domestically produced food. There are many well-established food safety challenges, as well as issues perceived to be food safety concerns, such as:
- microbial pathogens (that is, illness-causing bacteria, viruses, parasites,
fungi, and their toxins),
- pesticide residues,
- food additives,
- environmental toxins, such as heavy metals (for example, lead and mercury),
persistent organic pollutants (for example, dioxin),
- unconventional agents, such as prions associated with “mad cow disease” in cattle,
- zoonotic diseases that can be transmitted through food from animals to humans (for example, tuberculosis), and
- foods produced with certain practices, such as irradiation, or animal products produced with growth hormones or antibiotics.
Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/November03/Features/foodsafetyandtrade.htm