Introduction of food hygiene operations

This business includes “business license-related business for food sales facilities”, “monitoring and guidance business for food-related facilities”, “food sampling inspection business”, “business for prevention of food poisoning, investigation of causes, prevention of expansion, etc.” There are “Projects for self-management of food-related businesses” and “Dissemination and consultation business on food hygiene”.
In addition, based on the Food Sanitation Law revised in 2003, we are also engaged in business related to the promotion of "risk communication."
※"Risk communication" is a means of ensuring food safety and security by citizens, food-related businesses and governments exchanging information and exchanging opinions on food and deepening mutual understanding.

The Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division, the Food Sanitation Division of the Yokohama City Public Health Center, the Food Special Monitoring Group, the Food Sanitation Laboratory of the Central Wholesale Market, the Meat Sanitation Laboratory, and the Sanitation Laboratory.
The operations performed at each business site are as follows.

The Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division is located in the general government building of each ward, and provides local residents with consultation on food hygiene, surveys on food-related sales facilities, monitoring and guidance on facilities, and awareness of food hygiene.
In addition, we are engaged in various tasks such as investigating the causes of food poisoning and preventing the spread of damage and recurrence.

I am involved in the planning of business related to food hygiene and coordination with the Health and Welfare Center and others involved in the implementation of business, liaison and exchange of information with the national government and other local governments, and budgeting related to the business.

Located within the Food Sanitation Division of the Yokohama City Public Health Center, from a professional and scientific perspective, we provide monitoring and guidance for large mass retailers such as imported food dealers and department stores and large-scale food manufacturing facilities in the city, inspection of food, emergency response to large-scale food poisoning incidents and serious violations, preliminary investigations, collection of food hygiene information, and provision of information to the Health and Welfare Center.

There is a central wholesale market in the city that handles fresh fish and fruits and vegetables. In the market, a wide variety of foods are distributed in large quantities, and we have set up a food hygiene laboratory to ensure the safety of these foods.
The Food Sanitation Laboratory conducts inspections of fresh fish and vegetables and processed foods distributed in the market, bacteria, additives, pesticide residues, etc., to eliminate violations and defective foods, and to monitor and guide facilities in the market. I am.

In Yokohama, there is a meat market, which is a distribution base for meat. We have set up a meat hygiene laboratory in the market to ensure meat safety.
At the Meat Sanitation Laboratory, cows and pigs are inspected at a time, and guidance is given to discard unsuitable parts for food, and to keep facilities in the market sanitary.
BSE inspections, which began nationwide in 2001, are conducted by the Meat Safety Inspection.
In addition, we conduct permission surveys, monitoring guidance, and sampling inspections of poultry processing facilities in the city to ensure safe and sanitary poultry meat.

The Health Research Institute inspects bacteria, additives, and various harmful substances on foods extractedHealth and Welfare Center from food facilities in the city.
In addition, we conduct inspections to investigate the causes of food poisoning and inspections of food complaints received from citizens in each Health and Welfare Center.
We are also engaged in research on food hygiene.