Kanagawa Yoshiyuki, Akahane Manabu, Hasegawa Atsushi, Yamaguchi Kentaro, Onitake Kazuo, Takaya Satoshi, Yamamoto Shigeki, Imamura Tomoaki
1 Department of Public Health, Health Management, and Policy, Nara Medical University , Kashihara City, Japan .
Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2014 Dec;11(12):953-9. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2014.1767.
The awareness of food terrorism has increased following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, United States, and many measures and policies dealing with this issue have been established worldwide. Suspected deliberate food-poisoning crimes have occurred in Japan, although they are not regarded as acts of food terrorism. One area of concern is that the small- to medium-sized companies that dominate Japan's food industry are extremely vulnerable to deliberate food poisoning. We conducted a literature research on food defense measures undertaken by the World Health Organization and in the United States and Europe. Using the Carver+Shock vulnerability assessment tool, eight food factories and related facilities in Japan were evaluated and we found the level of awareness of food defense to be low and the measures inappropriate. On the basis of this evaluation, we developed a set of guidelines that Japanese food companies can use to help develop their food defense strategies and to serve as a reference in considering specific measures.
2001年9月11日美国纽约市发生恐怖袭击事件后，人们对食品恐怖主义的认识有所提高，世界各地已制定了许多应对这一问题的措施和政策。日本曾发生过疑似故意食物中毒犯罪事件，不过这些事件未被视为食品恐怖主义行为。一个令人担忧的领域是，在日本食品行业占据主导地位的中小企业极易遭受故意食物中毒事件的影响。我们对世界卫生组织以及美国和欧洲采取的食品防御措施进行了文献研究。我们使用卡弗+休克脆弱性评估工具对日本的八家食品工厂及相关设施进行了评估，结果发现食品防御意识水平较低，措施也不恰当。基于这一评估结果，我们制定了一套指导方针，日本食品公司可利用这些方针来帮助制定其食品防御策略，并作为考虑具体措施时的参考。
