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Overview of entire plan: Disseminating
and raising awareness of the proper scientific knowledge on
flavorings, and proposals for safety evaluation methods |
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The Flavor Task Force will carry
out unbiased scientific investigative research relating to the
properties and safety of food flavorings from a third-party
perspective. This includes seeking opinions from experts using
the organization's network in Japan, and surveying conditions
overseas through the exchange of information and opinions with
ILSI in North America and Europe. By conveying the summarized
information to the food industry, relevant government authorities,
and opinion leaders of food related field, the task force will
promote the proper scientific understanding relating to flavorings
among industry, government, and academia. Moreover, the common
understanding developed through such activities will help further
promote opinion exchange in and outside Japan, and ultimately
the task force will make proposals on safety evaluation methods
that are internationally consistent, based on scientific grounds.
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Specific Plans for Fiscal 2006 |
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Meetings
・Meetings to be held once every two or three months |
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Activity Details |
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The Flavor Task Force will also
investigate the revision of its management organization (setting
up working groups for each topic), in order to ensure more active
participation by task force members, and more efficient task
force management. It will carry out the following activities
while remaining open to cooperation with other task forces on
common topics. |
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Investigative research relating
to flavoring fundamentals: Carrying out basic learning through
actual investigative research, including verification of ways
that flavorings are viewed by the media |
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Investigative research relating
to safety evaluation: Carrying out the following activities
in fiscal 2006 |
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Investigative research relating
to TTC concepts |
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Publishing edition translated into
Japanese |
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Awareness raising by investigating
the issuing of a publication containing background knowledge
and explanations, and by holding lectures |
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Considering the submission of the
results to the Food Safety Commission as ILSI Japan |
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Investigative research
relating to safety evaluation methods for flavorings being used
by JECFA |
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Reading the procedure |
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Comparison with safety evaluation
methods for other additives |
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Investigation of current issues |
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After this, if there is room in
the schedule, a survey and comparison of regulation methods
and safety evaluation methods for flavorings used by agencies
in other countries and will be carried out. |
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Dissemination of scientific
understanding relating to flavorings |
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Survey of how flavorings are currently
being viewed (academic fields / general society) |
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Planning and holding lectures |
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Investigative research
into functionality: Starting working group activities if there
are many interested persons |
