Microorganisms and viruses

Risk assessment by risk manager's mandate

No.	Subject	Date of the request from risk managers	Date of publication	Risk Assessment Report in English	Risk Assessment Report in Japanese
1	A risk assessment of an amendment to standards for Tofu	12 April 2017	23 January 2018	Food Safety
2	Bacillus cereus in formulated milk powder (establishment of specifications and standards for formulated milk powder regarding Bacillus cereus)	6 October 2003	19 May 2005		RAR in Japanese [PDF: 44.2kb]
3	Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in poultry (estimation of current risk of food-poisoning due to campylobacter infection through eating poultry and the effect of possible measures on the risk)	Self-Tasking	25 June 2009	Abstract [PDF: 110kb]	RAR in Japanese [PDF: 521kb]
4	Cattle liver to be eaten raw (establishment of specifications and standards for cattle liver: Suggested draft of specifications and standards: (1) Ban on sales of cattle liver to be eaten raw (2) Heat treatment of 63℃ at the center for 30 minutes or heat stelilization of equivalent effect is required in manufacturing, processing and cooking of food using cattle liver)	9 April 2012	12 April 2012		RAR in Japanese [PDF: 47.7kb]
5	Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Salmonella Species in beef for raw consumption	11 July 2011	25 August 2011	Executive summary [PDF: 597kb]	RAR in Japanese [PDF: 2.3mb]
6	Establishment of specification and standards for Listeria monocytogenes in food	16 January 2012	20 May 2013	Food Safety	RAR in Japanese [PDF: 1.8mb]
7	Frozen dough of bread, pizza, pies and others made primarily of flour	23 August 2005	27 April 2006	Full Report [PDF: 49.9kb]	RAR in Japanese [PDF: 237.3kb]
8	Introduction of the sanitation management measures based on HACCP to the slaughterhouse and the poultry slaughterhouse	12 December 2013	16 December 2013		RAR in Japanese [PDF: 74.2kb]
9	Kudoa septempunctata in olive flounder1	11 March 2013	10 November 2015	Abstract [PDF: 115kb]	RAR in Japanese [PDF: 1,278kb]
10	Pertaining to the proposed revision of the Ministerial Ordinance on Milk and Milk products Concerning Compositional Standards, etc.	31 August 2023	26 December 2023	Abstract [PDF: 243kb]	RAR in Japanese [PDF: 32kb]
11	Revision of criteria for disposal of the diseased livestock meat	20 October 2003	15 January 2004		RAR in Japanese [PDF: 277.4kb]
12	Revision of the Ingredient Standards for Milk and Dairy Products (fermented milk, lactic acid bacteria beverages, and milk beverages)	27 March 2014	31 March 2014		RAR in Japanese [PDF: 70.94kb]
13	Revision of the Ingredient Standards for Milk and Dairy Products (raw milk, milk, special milk, composition-adjusted milk, low-fat milk, non-fat milk and sterilized goat's milk)	27 March 2014	31 March 2014		RAR in Japanese [PDF: 64.5kb]
14	Revision of the order for enforcement of the abbatoir law (Deletion of "presence or absence of diseases designated by ministerial ordinance by MHLW" from paragraph 1, article 8) * This amendment is made in accordance with the partial amendment of abbatoirs law (establishing the provision for diseases to be covered by post/ante-mortem inspections) * Note: Systemic revision with little or no effect on food safety）	14 November 2003	21 November 2003		RAR in Japanese[PDF: 37.9kb]
15	Revision of the order for enforcement of the domestic animal infectious diseases control law (adding pheasant, ostrich, guinea fowl as poultry designated for highly pathogenic avian influenza) * Note: Systemic revision with little or no effect on food safety	26 January 2004	2 January 2004		RAR in Japanese[PDF: 914.8kb]
16	Revision of the ordinance for enforcement of the law on regulation of poultry processing business and poultry inspection (Deletion of "presence or absence of diseases and abnormalities in table 4" from item 1, paragraph 1, article 9) * This amendment is made in accordance with the partial amendment of law on regulation of poultry processing buisiness and poultry inspection (Establishing the provision for diseases to be covered by poultry inspections) * Note: Systemic revision with little or no effect on food safety	26 January 2004	29 January 2004		RAR in Japanese [PDF: 34.2kb]
17	Revision of the ordinance for enforcement of the law on regulation of poultry processing business and poultry inspection * Note: Systemic revision with little or no effect on food safety	24 May 2011	26 May 2011		RAR in Japanese [PDF: 49.7kb]