Minutes of the 12th Food Hygiene Monitoring Panel

These minutes record the 12th meeting of the Food Hygiene Monitoring Panel of the Health Science Council. The meeting addressed issues for future consideration based on the implementation status of the 2018 revision of the Food Sanitation Act.

The agenda consisted of “(1) Issues based on the implementation status of the 2018 revision of the Food Sanitation Act” and “(2) Other matters.”

The meeting began at 16:00 and was held in Room 501 of the Air-Kai-Kan Business Forum, 1-18-1 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo. It was conducted with web participation.

The attendees included 14 panel members, including Panel Chair Wakita, secretariat staff from the Food Monitoring and Safety Division and other offices, and the director of the Food Hygiene Standards Review Division of the Consumer Affairs Agency. The detailed text of the proceedings is not included in the original.

The contact office is the Food Monitoring and Safety Division of the Health and Living Hygiene Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the telephone number is 03-3595-2337.