Activities in 2007
December 21, 2007
Exchange meeting of advisory group of the Research Center for Food Safety
Date: December 21, 2007 (Friday)
Location: Faculty meeting room, No. 3 Hall, Faculty of Agriculture
Greeting from the dean: Faculty meeting room, No. 3 Hall, Faculty of Agriculture
November 19-20, 2007
Sponsored international symposium: “Epidemiological study for food safety security and scientific risk assessment”
“Epidemiological study for food safety security and scientific risk assessment”
Date: November 19 (Monday) and November 20 (Tuesday), 2007
Location: Ichijo Hall, Yayoi Auditorium
Left picture: Lecturers, Right picture: A scene from the lecture, Yayoi Auditorium of The University of Tokyo
November 10, 2007
Homecoming Day
Food safety and security: How should we face the risk of eating?
Date and time: November 10 (Saturday) from 15:00
Location: Ichijo Hall, Yayoi Auditorium
Poster(PDF)
October 29, 2007
The 3rd Steering Committee for the Research Center for Food Safety
Date and time: October 29 (Monday), 13:30-15:00
Location: No. 141 Meeting Room, No. 3 Hall, Faculty of Agriculture
October 18, 2007
International Symposium
Safety of somatic cell cloned animals as livestock products
Date and time: October 18, 2007 (Thursday), 9:50-16:10
Location: Ichijo Hall, Yayoi Auditorium, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
October 16, 2007
Seminar on “Risk assessment on safety of agrochemicals” sponsored by the Research Center for Food Safety
Date and time: October 16 (Tuesday), 13:00-15:30
Location: Room 104/105, Building A, No. 7 Hall, Faculty of Agriculture
Lecturer: Professor Katsushi Suzuki
(Professor at Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Chairman of Agrochemicals Strategic Council, Food Safety Commission of Japan)
August 20, 2007
Sponsored “Introduction of Codex Committee’s activities and international trends on food safety”
Lecturer: Mr. Kazuaki Miyagishima (Secretariat, Codex Committee, FAO/WHO)
Date and time: August 20, 2007 (Monday), 14:00-17:00
Location: Room 405 (Meeting Room), Building A, No. 7 Hall, Faculty of Agriculture
◆Lecture materials (PDF files) (Available to students and related parties of the university)
June 21, 2007
Installed the sign of Research Center for Food Safety
May 7, 2007
Research presentation by Theera Rukkwamsuk, PhD. (Kasetsart University, Thailand), Type III visiting researcher
Epidemiological study on highly pathogenic avian influenza in Thailand (statistics of the onset, geological information, etc.) and preventive measures was introduced.
March 23, 2007
The 2nd Steering Committee of the Research Center for Food Safety
Date and time: March 23, 2007 (Friday), 15:30-17:00
Location: No. 141 Meeting Room (1F, No. 3 Hall, Faculty of Agriculture)
February 21 and 22, 2007
Sponsored a symposium to commemorate the foundation of the Research Center for Food Safety
New phase of scientific research that contributes to food safety
Reported the latest research results by domestic and foreign scholars related to BSE, Norovirus, food allergy, risk communication, safety of marine products, etc.
February 5, 2007
Discussion with Theera Rukkwamsuk, PhD. (Kasetsart University, Thailand), Type III visiting researcher
Attendees: Susumu Kumagai, Hiroomi Akashi, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, Hirokazu Tsubone, Shigeru Kyuwa, Yukinobu Touya and foreign students
Picture
Discussing BSE issues.
January 30, 2007
Lertral Srikitjakarn, PhD (Chaing Mai University, Thailand), visited the Center for Knowledge Exchange.
Location: Room 211, No. 3 Hall
Attendees: Susumu Kumagai, Hiroomi Akashi, Takashi Onodera, Hirokazu Tsubone, and foreign students
January 22, 2007
2nd OIE/FAO -APHACA/NIAH-JAPAN Regional Hands-on Training Workshop on BSE and other Prion Diseases (15-22 Jan. 2007)
Held lectures at the National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH) and University of Tokyo (at Room 104, No. 7 Hall) for foreign visitors who came for a study tour on BSE
Lecturer: Susumu Kumagai “Onset conditions of food poisoning in Japan, the causes and countermeasures”
Lecturer: Takashi Onodera “Onset mechanism, onset conditions and countermeasures against BSE”
Hirokazu Tsubone introduced “Research Center for Food Safety.”
