International Roundtable Conference

on “Food Safety: International Trade, Sustainable Production, Social Responsibility"

Concerns over food safety have been a hot topic all over the world. Especially imported food products from China have been causing serious problems, not only in Japan where contaminated dumplings are a major news item these days, but also in other countries in Asia and Europe. However, these facts and the results of health studies demonstrating the negative impact of several food products from China, fail to provide an insight into this serious health issue.

Against this background the Public Advice International Foundation, the United Nations University and The Tokyo Foundation co-sponsored this international roundtable conference on 1st March 2008 at the UN House in Tokyo in order to shed more light on the backgrounds of and possible solutions for food safety issues.

The following conference documents are available for downloading:

• Conference summary report
• Background research paper
• Presentation by Dr. Obijiofor Aginam, Academic Program Officer, United Nations University
• Speech by Dr. Qin Zhenkui, President of the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine (Chinese/English)
• Presentation by Dr. Roger Skinner, Rapporteur - an SFDA/ADB/WHO Report on China
• Presentation by Dr. Takeshi Kimura, General Manager Quality Assurance and External Scientific Affairs of Ajinomoto
• Presentation by Martijn Adorf, Global Manager Health Ingredients of DSM
• Presentation by Misako Yasui, Director of Public Relations of The Tokyo Foundation
• Concluding remarks by Councilor Wakako Hironaka
• Pictures taken during the conference

This International Roundtable Conference was the third conference about food safety organized by PA International. More information on the past conferences in Berlin and Brussels can be found here.