抄録
Risk analysis framework introduced into food safety. Codex Alimentarius Commission recommended this framework into food safety to set the international standards. Risk analysis consists of three elements, risk management, risk assessment and risk communication. Since 2003, Japanese food safety policy introduced this framework. Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Ministry of Agriculture, Forest, and Fisheries are risk management bodies. Food safety commission in the Cabinet Office is the risk assessment body. Risk analysis in food safety is necessary and important in the world food trade.
