Plans to protect food safety

Based on the provisions of Article 24 of the Food Sanitation Law, Yokohama City formulates a "Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan" reflecting opinions from citizens every year based on the provisions of Article 24 of the Food Sanitation Law. Based on this monitoring plan, we provide information on food, conduct on-site inspections of related business facilities such as food, and inspect foods.

• 　2024 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan Detailed version (PDF: 2,621KB)
• 　2024 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan Summary Version (PDF: 3,161KB)
• 　Opinion sent to Yokohama-shi food hygiene monitoring instruction plan (plan) in 2024 and approach of Motoichi (PDF: 136KB)

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１．Measures against food poisoning caused by meat
　Restaurants that handle meat due to the frequent occurrence of Campylobacter food poisoning caused by raw or undercooked chicken dishes, and raw meat such as cattle may be contaminated with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. We will focus on monitoring and guidance to.
　In addition, we provide information to citizens so that they can eat meat after heating it sufficiently.

２．Support for establishment of hygiene management in accordance with HACCP
　Entry to facilities, conduct group-type workshops and e-learning so that food sales facilities such as restaurants can continue to carry out "hygiene management in accordance with HACCP" required by the Food Sanitation Law. Provide technical support through At the same time, we will support the introduction of facilities that have not been introduced.

３．Food hygiene measures for social welfare facilities
　Elderly facilities, daycare centers, elementary schools, etc., tend to be larger and more serious when food poisoning occurs. Therefore, as a preventive measure against food poisoning such as norovirus, we will provide advice and guidance on the health management of workers, thorough hand washing, and proper handling of food.
　In addition, we will provide advice and guidance on measures to prevent welsh bacteria food poisoning, whose number of outbreaks is increasing.
　Seminars for businesses will be conducted mainly on e-learning so that more employees can take the course.

４．Prevention of harm caused by fish and shellfish
　In response to the frequent occurrence of food poisoning caused by Anisakis every year, we instruct restaurants and retailers handling seafood on thorough removal of parasites such as Anisakis, and kill insects. We recommend freezing treatment that has the effect of killing. At the same time, we will collect knowledge about Anisakis through surveys of parasitic conditions, etc., and use them to raise awareness of food poisoning prevention.
　In addition, we will educate about appropriate handling guidance for stores that handle blowfish and prevention of mixing blowfish into small fish such as shirasu.

• 2023 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (PDF: 3,466KB)
• 2023 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (Summary Version) (PDF: 3,527KB)
• Opinion sent to Yokohama-shi food hygiene monitoring instruction plan (plan) in 2023 and approach of Motoichi (PDF: 126KB)

• FY2022 Yokohama Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (PDF: 1,808KB)
• 2022 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (Summary Version) (PDF: 6,628KB)
• Opinions received in the 2022 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (draft) and the city's efforts (PDF: 148KB)

• 2021 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (PDF: 3,087KB)
• 2021 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (Summary Version) (PDF: 9,291KB)
• Opinions received in the 2021 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (draft) and the city's efforts (PDF: 97KB)

• 2020 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (PDF: 2,411KB)
• 2020 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (Summary Version) (PDF: 8,375KB)
• Opinions received in the 2020 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (draft) and the city's efforts (PDF: 215KB)

• 2019 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (PDF: 1,243KB)
• 2019 Yokohama City Food Sanitation Monitoring and Guidance Plan (Summary Version) (PDF: 757KB)
• Opinion sent to Yokohama-shi food hygiene monitoring instruction plan (plan) in 2019 and approach of Motoichi (PDF: 157KB)

• Results of the “Food Safety Questionnaire” conducted in FY2022 (PDF: 277KB)
• Results of the “Food Safety Questionnaire” conducted in FY2021 (PDF: 277KB)
• Results of the FY2020 "Questionnaire on Food Safety" (PDF: 228KB)
• Results of the “Questionnaire on Food Safety” in FY2019 (PDF: 223KB)
• Results of the 2018 "Questionnaire on Food Safety" (PDF: 203KB)