抄録
Food safety and food security was threatened by addition of certain pesticides in food packaging in 2008 in a Chinese factory. As self-sufficiency in Japanese food production is below 40%, Japan has to import a lot of food materials and food products from all over the world. Before delivering foods to consumers, accidental contamination of ingredients by pathogens or toxic chemicals caused by human actions must be avoided. So, the Career Development Program on Food Safety was established in the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kagawa University in 2009 with support from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology. All graduate participants from Asian countries in the Career Development Program are highly motivated with excellent communication skills and are now working in Japanese food and food related companies in Japan or in Japanese enterprises oversea. We must consider how to work closely together with foreign sources of food production when importing food for our elderly society and shrinking Japanese population.
