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What kind of initiatives is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government engaged in to ensure food safety?
What kind of initiatives is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government engaged in to ensure food safety?
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government created the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Food Safety Promotion Plan based on the Tokyo Metropolitan Food Safety Ordinance and has implemented comprehensive measures at every stage, from production to consumption.
In addition, each year a Tokyo Metropolitan Government Food Sanitation Monitoring and Inspection Guidance Plan is formulated in accordance with the unique regional characteristics of the major food consumption area that is Tokyo. The details of the plan’s implementation and the results of the same, such as monitoring and inspection guidance focusing on measures for the prevention of food poisoning and for dealing with imported foods, are published openly.
The Food Sanitation Monitoring and Inspection Guidance Plan is specific measures established by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for monitoring and inspection guidance conducted at every stage of the distribution process. The number of scheduled monitoring and inspection guidance sessions for commercial facilities and inspections of commercially distributed foods as well as the results of the same are also published each year.