農林業問題研究
Online ISSN : 2185-9973
Print ISSN : 0388-8525
ISSN-L : 0388-8525
公衆衛生学と食品の安全対策
高鳥毛 敏雄
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ジャーナル フリー

2003 年 38 巻 4 号 p. 179-187

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Numerous health crises threatening public health in Japan have occurred, such as the outbreak of new types of large-scale food poisoning caused by entero-hemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and criminal cases involving poisonous and deleterious substances. The biggest food poisoning case was the Mass Outbreak of Diarrhea in School Children of Sakai City in July 1997. From the data gathered by the task force, the total number of people infected by E. coli O157:H7 who received medical attention was 12, 680, and that of those who were symptomatic was 14, 153. The Ministry of Health and Welfare has decided to take measures to cope with the health damage caused by infectious diseases, food poisoning, and drinking water by taking prompt and appropriate measures for health risk management. The Public Health Center Law was revised and in 1994 the Community Health Law became the fundamental law for the public health system and policies in Japan. Public health centers have been responsible for many notable achievements including food sanitation, infectious disease control and improved environmental sanitation. But instead of merely extolling its past successes, the role of public health centers needed to be discussed more precisely. Measures against infectious diseases based upon the Communicable Disease Prevention Law of 1897 were completely revised and the new law was enacted in 1998. It is now faced with the problem of how to construct a new public health system for protecting the health of the nation including food hygiene.

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